What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated?

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

The attainment of national independence is to me a search for truth.

If as a member of a slave nation I could deliver the suppressed classes from their slavery without freeing myself from my own, I would do so today. But it is an impossible task.

The man of prayer will be at peace with himself and with the whole world.

The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.