The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.

It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator.

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can move the world.

Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving.

Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

Morality is contraband in war.

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.