If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.

Must I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint.

There is no god higher than truth.

Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.