Friendship is evolving into a relationship of convenience.

Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. 

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

Well done is better than well said. 

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Today we must remove distinction of high and low, rich and poor, caste and creed.

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.