We manage to swallow flesh only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing that we do. There are many crimes which are the creation of man himself, the wrongfulness of which is put down to their divergence from habit, custom, or tradition. But cruelty is not of these. It is a fundamental sin, and admits of no argument or nice distinctions. If only we do not allow our heart to grow callous, its protest against cruelty is always clearly heard; and yet we go on perpetrating cruelties easily, merrily, all of us - in fact, anyone who does not join in is dubbed a crank.

You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water.

I have read in books that we are called 'caged birds'. I cannot speak for others, but I had so much in this cage of mine that there was not room for it in the universe- at least that is what I then felt.

The speech of my heart will be carried on in murmurings of a song.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

Death's stamp gives value to the coin of life; making it possible to buy with life what is truly precious.

The tyrant claims freedom to kill freedom, and yet keep it for himself.