“The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.”

“Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.”

“Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.”

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, but your government only when it deserves it.”

“Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size.”

“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”

“The truth — that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

“On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering.”

“Love a man even in his sin, for that is the semblance of Divine Love and is the highest love on earth.”