To his enemies the householder must be a hero. Them he must resist. That is the duty of the householder. He must not sit down in a corner and weep, and talk nonsense about non-resistance. If he does not show himself a hero to his enemies he has not done his duty.

All real progress must be slow.

We are for ever trying to make our weakness look like strength, our sentiment like love, our cowardice like courage, and so on.

Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.

None deserves liberty who is not ready to give liberty

We are bound to earth by desire and also to God, heaven, and the angels. A slave is a slave whether to man, to God, or to angels.

A man could be in a throne and have no attachment at all; another one could be in rags and have many attachments.