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.
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.
A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune but deeper felicity.
Honest disagreements are often a good sign of progress.
There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.
That service is the noblest rendereed for its own sake.
Non violence requires double faith, faith in god and faith in man.
There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.