You cannot stop big wars if you carry on little wars yourselves.

Few men are wantonly wicked.

One may detest the wickedness of a brother without hating him.

Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize what a tremendous advantage she has over man. As Tolstoy used to say, they are laboring under the hypnotic influence of man. If they would realize the strength of non-violence they would not consent to be called the weaker sex.

Why worry one's head over a thing that is inevitable? Why die before one's death?

Purity of life is the highest and truest art.

All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.

Blind adoration, in the age of action, is perfectly valueless, is often embarrassing and, equally, often painful.

Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state.

Blaming the wolf would not help the sheep much. The sheep must learn not to fall into the clutches of the wolf.