Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.

Nature does nothing in vain.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

Love is a better teacher than duty. 

Books are indispensable. You can move from hard copies to soft copies. But that’s about it.

In what way can a man believing in God cease believing due to his personal vanity? There are only two ways. The man should either begin to think himself a rival of God, or he may begin to believe himself to be God.

There's nothing funnier than the human animal.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.