The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

I had only one idea before me throughout the trial, i.e. to show complete indifference towards the trial in spite of serious nature of the charges against us.

Non-violence has to be observed in thought, word and deed. The measure of our non-violence will be the measure of our success.

Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting down just to think is one of the best ways of keeping yourself fresh and able, to be able to address the problems facing you, and you had the opportunity, also, of examining your past.

Weak leaders use others to defend them. The strong fight their own battles.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. 

When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

It is only so long as a man can retain the child in him that life can be free from those dark shadows which leave inevitable furrows on a man’s forehead.