When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.

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

Innumerable actions are going on through us all the time. If we started counting them, we should never come to an end.

If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.

A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.

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

If a man’s house is full of medicine bottles, we infer the man is an invalid. But if his house is full of books, we conclude he is intelligent.