Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth

The first condition of humaneness is a little humility and a little diffidence about the correctness of one’s conduct and a little receptiveness.

Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.

If you don't find god in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.