I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Intuition and urge are two different things. You must learn to differentiate between the two.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Nature does nothing in vain.

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.