"The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart."

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

"God is not a person. God is a force. The world is nothing but a manifestation of that force."

"I cannot conceive of a greater wrong than to keep women from going to school."

"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of p…"