"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

"The ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop."

"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."

"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."

"Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect."

"Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised."

"People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God."