“I have not conceived my mission to be that of a knight-errant wandering everywhere to deliver people from difficult situations.My humble occupation has been to show people how they can solve their own difficulties.”

“I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.”

“It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their fellow beings.”

“I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality”

“There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.”

“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”

“The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.”