"One day, I found that my clothes were full of bugs. I was horrified. I thought: 'I have to get rid of these bugs.' But then I thought: 'No, I cannot kill them. They are living beings.' So I took them …"

"Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men."

"It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow-beings."

"There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path."

"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer."