Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
Suffering cheerfully endured ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into ineffable joy.
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.
Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world but being able to remake ourselves.
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
As soon as we lose moral basis, we cease to be religious.There is no such thing as religion over -riding morality. Man cannot be untruthful and claim to have god on his side.
We cannot, in a moment, get rid of habits of a lifetime.
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
Speak if it only improves upon the silence.
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.