Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

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.

The last moment is past; this moment is present; and, the next moment will be future. The past, present, and future change with every tick of the clock.

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul. 

No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussion.