Society and the World

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

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.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

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

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to this disaffection so long as one does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence.

If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to this disaffection so long as one does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence.

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before anyone, even at the cost of your life.

Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Hatred can be overcome only by love.

Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man than iron ones: the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.