To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. 

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

If you are part of a false propaganda machinery, you are fighting for the wrong cause.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.