Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. 

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I didn't read.

Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

History is more or less bunk.  

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.