The moment there is doubt about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts, making the noblest of gods creation, women, the object of our lust.
A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins the soul and there is no cure for it.
There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.
What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?
Where there is love there is life.
Non violence requires double faith, faith in god and faith in man.
We cannot, in a moment, get rid of habits of a lifetime.
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.