A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune but deeper felicity.
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote the freedom to err.
Nonviolence and truth are inseperable and presuppose one another.
Action expresses priorities.
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.