We boil at different degrees.

You write in order to change the world…the world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even but a millimetre the way people look at reality, then you change it.

A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries his own life-form—an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other.

A problem well-put is half-solved.

The universe is wider than our views of it.

We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.

The clearest way in the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

After all, the only proper intoxication is conversation.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

Listen with ears of tolerance, see through the eyes of compassion, speak with language of love.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break, our bonds of affection.

Beware of allowing a tactless word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky.

True success, true wealth, does not come out of the barrel of a gun.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.