Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
A nature’s culture resides in the hearts and souls of its people.
Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
Fear has it’s use but cowardice has none.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
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.
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.
It is my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence.