It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.

The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.

The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the burden of the body drags down the soul.

In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.

It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.

We cannot fight new wars with old weapons.

In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord.