True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.

The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see Truth in fragment and from different points of vision.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.

It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.

(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

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

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

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

Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.

Sometimes friends move apart from each other for whatever reason.