Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

L. Ram Saran Das was sentenced to death in 1915, and the sentence was later commuted to life transportation. Today myself, sitting in the condemned cell, I can let the readers know as authoritatively that the life-imprisonment is comparatively a far harder lot than that of death.

Bigotry tries to keep teeth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

The best way to deal with an argument is to avoid entering into one.

The soul never thinks without a picture.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

Inspiration can hit you in the head at any time in any context. It could happen in a conversation. Talking to someone at a party, you can get an idea. But you've got to remember those inspirations.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.  

It always seems impossible until it's done.

The negligence of a few could easily send a ship to the bottom, but if it has the wholehearted cooperation of all on board it can be safely brought to part.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.