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

A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Where there is love there is life.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

There is no ‘way to peace,’ there is only ‘peace.

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

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilisation.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

God has no religion.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself.