
Increase Of Material Comforts, It May Be Generally Laid Down, Does Not In Any Way Whatsoever Conduce To Moral Growth.
You Can Chain Me, You Can Torture Me, You Can Even Destroy This Body, But You Will Never Imprison My Mind.
Service Which Is Rendered Without Joy Helps Neither The Servant Nor The Served. But All Other Pleasures And Possessions Pale Into Nothingness Before Service Which Is Rendered In A Spirit Of Joy.
I Reject Any Religious Doctrine That Does Not Appeal To Reason And Is In Conflict With Morality.
It Is Easy Enough To Be Friendly To One's Friends. But To Befriend The One Who Regards Himself As Your Enemy Is The Quintessence Of True Religion. The Other Is Mere Business.
What Difference Does It Make To The Dead, The Orphans, And The Homeless, Whether The Mad Destruction Is Wrought Under The Name Of Totalitarianism Or The Holy Name Of Liberty Or Democracy?
To Deprive A Man Of His Natural Liberty And To Deny To Him The Ordinary Amenities Of Life Is Worse Then Starving The Body; It Is Starvation Of The Soul, The Dweller In The Body.
We Should Meet Abuse By Forbearance. Human Nature Is So Constituted That If We Take Absolutely No Notice Of Anger Or Abuse, The Person Indulging In It Will Soon Weary Of It And Stop.
I Have Nothing New To Teach The World. Truth And Non-violence Are As Old As The Hills. All I Have Done Is To Try Experiments In Both On As Vast A Scale As I Could.