Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into. |
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. |
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison. |
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her. |
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. |
There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good. |
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him. |
To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body. |
It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head. |
God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us. |
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. |
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. |
Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts. |
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages. |
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. |
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. |
One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's. |
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands. |
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest. |
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. |