"None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free."

"Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman."

"The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration."

"To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death."

"Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake."

"The confidence which we have in ourselves engenders the greatest part of that which we have in others."

"Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed."

"May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that 'faith' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?"