It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
If we are to respect others’ religions as we would have them to respect our own, a friendly study of the world’s religion is a sacred duty.
That service is the noblest rendereed for its own sake.
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
Suffering cheerfully endured ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into ineffable joy.
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.
The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
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.