It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.

When truth is evident, it is impossible for parties and factions to rise. There never has been a dispute as to whether there is daylight at noon.

Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.

It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.

A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.

He who is involved in ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for reality, and his own imagination for prophesy, is a fanatical novice of great hope and promise, and will soon advance to the higher stage and kill men for the love of God.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.