A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.
Human language can but imperfectly describe God’s ways. I am sensible of the fact that they are indescribable and inscrutable. But if mortal man will dare to describe them, he has no better medium than his own inarticulate speech.
Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue.
My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth.
But you can wake a man only if he is really asleep. No effort that you make will produce any effect upon him if he is merely pretending sleep.
There are no good-byes, where ever you’ll be, you’ll be in my heart.
There are as many different religions as there are individuals.
You can’t lead a true life without suffering.
If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.
Facts we would always place before our readers, whether they are palatable or not, and it is by placing them constantly before the public in their nakedness that the misunderstanding between the two communities in South Africa can be removed.
It is also a warning. It is a warning that, if nobody reads the writing on the wall, man will be reduced to the state of the beast, whom he is shaming by his manners.
I appeal for cessation of hostilities, not because you are too exhausted to fight, but because war is bad in essence. You want to kill Nazism. You will never kill it by its indifferent adoption.
In the march towards Truth, anger, selfishness, hatred, etc., naturally give way, for otherwise Truth would be impossible to attain. A man who is swayed by passions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.
Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge.
Forgiveness is choosing to love.
There is no reason to believe that there is one law for families and another for nations.
Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.
I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.
To answer brutality with brutality is to admit one’s moral and intellectual bankruptcy.
In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself.