Says Nanak again : "Whatever you give away is yours; whatever you keep is not yours."

He who wishes to save time will never do a single unnecessary thing.

When attachment is present, the performance of even a pure deed involves manipulation.

The contentment that accrues to man as a result of leading a regular life, promotes his health and longevity.

Reflection shows that heaven is here on earth, not in the sky above.

Education which does not mould character is wholly worthless.

If you see inner beauty, the outer will seem dull.

He who denies the existence of God denies his own.

God and Satan cannot both occupy the throne of the heart.

Faith makes the ship move.

Better to die once than to die daily.

We are no better than any otherﾗthis thought is full of truth and humility.

Nothing is ever achieved without toil, that is without tapa. How, then, can self-purification be possible without it?

Outward peace is useless without inner peace.

Many things are wrought by patience, even as they are spoilt by impatience.

Life becomes perpetually renewed every day. This knowledge should be helpful in uplifting us.

If the inside is clean, the outside is bound to be so.

How can that be religion which cannot be put to use in one's daily life?

It is as difficult to make the impossible possible, as it is easy to make the possible impossible.

Blind is not he who has lost his eyes, but he who hides his shortcomings.

Mere confession of a wrong does not erase it. Whatever is possible must be done to undo the wrong.

The same sage observes that where there is peace of mind there is inner strength which is unfailing.

Justice needs to be tempered with generosity as much as generosity needs to be tempered with justice.

Purity asks for no external protection.

Deeds, like seeds, take their own time to fructify.

All activities that are born of one and the same seed merge into one another.

Man is the image of his thoughts.

He who is truly clean within, cannot remain unclean without.

Real weakness is internal, not outward.

Non-possession means that we should not hoard anything that we do not need today.

He who looks for faults in others cannot see his own.

We have to make ourselves as nearly as possible like Him we want to reach.

True happiness does not come from without; it comes from within.

If the nature is evil, it needs not repression but casting out.

How is it that a precept regarded as applicable to others appears inapplicable to oneself?

When a man sleeps under the sky, who can rob him?

He who in his distress turns to God is not troubled by any fear.

Every moment I observe how man deceives himself.

That being so, why is man happy or miserable?

To have good thoughts is one thing; to act upon them is another.

When God is our Guide, we need worry about nothing.

There can be no perception without steadfastness of mind.

We exist, because God is. This shows that man, or any living being, is part of the Divine.

Humility does not work, if it is a mere pretence; nor does simplicity.

The Ganga flows in man's heart, yet he does not bathe in it, and remains unwashed.

Intuition is lame if it is not supported by reason.

"Sweet are the fruits of equanimity"ﾗthe truth of this is experienced every moment.

He who is afraid of people's censure will never be able to do anything worth while.

Faith is put to the test when the situation is most difficult.

Why is it that man is afraid of speaking and practising truth, not untruth?

What a pity that even though a man knows it, he still prefers to fall!

What is learnt by rote is of as little value as the parrot's recitation of Ramanama.

Man knows what his duty is, yet does not do what he knows he ought to. Why is that so?

Just as drop by drop the lake fills up, so also every minute of sincere prayer nourishes the soul.

Violence is the weapon of the weak; non-violence that of the strong.

In fact there should be harmony in life. The melody will pervade all activities and behaviour.

We cannot act or even think, in two opposite ways at the same time.

Great caution is necessary when a man represses his nature.

The greater man's realization of the Self, the greater his progress.

Man is truly known by the humility of his spirit.

Even one drop of the poison of untruth will poison the entire milk-ocean of Truth.

Beauty lies not in the complexion but in Truth alone.

He who is unable to rule over himself can never really succeed in ruling over others.

He who has not in him infinite patience cannot observe non-violence.

We can do nothing right, so long as we are not blessed with inner light.

Thought pierces even a wall of steel.

It is more than severe punishment to compel a man to do something which he does not understand.

He who forgets God, forgets himself.

There is a limit to violent action and it can fail. Non-violence knows no limit and it never fails.

Only experience makes us realize how hard it is to attain the state of non-attachment.

Therefore, a satyagrahi will never seek rights; these will come to him unsought.

Not contrived but genuine laughter is true eloquence, and more effective than speech.

A man without an ideal is like a ship without a rudder. (Written on 15-4-45.)

It is well not to yield to desire. Once we give in restraint becomes difficult if not impossible.

To remain entangled in things physical and aspire for self-realization is like asking for the moon.

An egoistical utterance should always be regarded as false.

Why should I depend upon anyone for my own affairs?

Selfless action is a source of strength, for such action means the worship of God.

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." Psalms, XLVI. 1.

Why does a man become restless when he is unable to do his work?

Man spoils matters much more by speech than by silence.

Noise does not overcome noise; silence does.

Man can overcome mountains by faith.

He who explores the branch and forgets the root, strays.

Even a little untruth ruins a man, as a drop of poison ruins milk.

He who lacks peace and firmness cannot realize God.

To speak or not to speakﾗwhen that is the question, silence should take the place of speech.

True happiness does not come from obtaining what one likes. It comes from cultivating a liking for what one dislikes.

To find fault is one thing; to prove it is another.

Every man should seek for the Source of his being.

When God cares, why should we be full of cares?

When a man's mind is filled with the Light of Heaven, all obstacles in his path vanish.

Restlessness and impatience are two diseases and both shorten life.

In order to know himself, man must come out of his shell and view himself dispassionately.

Faith transcends reason; it is not opposed to it.

The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head, that is, intellect.

The way to know what God's work is is heartfelt prayer and corresponding action.

Even one word, if true, is enough. Untrue words, however many, are worth nothing.

An ideal is one thing; living up to it is quite another. (Written on 15-4-1945.)

Every minute that runs to waste is irrecoverable. Yet, knowing this, how much time we waste!

However lofty the ambition, even those considered the lowliest of creatures should come within its ambit.

Moral strength does accrue from the reading of scriptures; but real freedom cannot be attained without enlightenment.

If we call God our Redeemer and let our indolence grow, we are committing a sin.

Supposing God is on the side of both, then who should fear whom?

One person has God on his side; millions have Satan on theirs. Must, therefore, one fear the millions?

What distinguishes man from animals ? Comprehensive thinking on this question will solve a lot of our problems.

Life is not a bed of roses; it is full of thorns.

Never should we make the mistake of imagining that a wrong can be classified as 'big' or 'smallﾒ.

What more do you want when the heavens are within you, and even God Himself?

Silence above all.

By whatever name God be called, if there be godly attributes, we must surely bow to Him.

Who can eat with an easy mind so long as even a single person starves for want of work?

Physical weakness is not the real weakness. Weakness of the mind alone is the real weakness.

Fewer people die from disease than from fear of disease.

Do not do anything do not read anything without understanding.

Who can describe the joy that lies in finding refuge in God?

He who doubts the existence of God perishes.

The light of knowledge can never dawn on the proud.

When God is enshrined in our hearts, we cannot harbour evil thoughts or do evil deeds.

Fear vanishes only with the annihilation of the ego.

Life is unreal, death is real and certain. ﾗNanak

He who wishes to preserve his integrity must be prepared to lose all material possessions.

Whatever we do should be done not to please or displease anyone, but only to please God.

Man can smile away his sorrows; by crying he only multiplies them.

Every minute of my life I am conscious of the presence of God. Why, then, need I fear anyone?

Man by himself is nothing. But when he has become one with God, he is everything.

"There is no sin like untruth, even as a million berries heaped together cannot equal a mountain". ﾗTulsidas

The nearer we approach our ideal, the more truthful we become.

The human body is like a musical instrument. Any note that is desired can be struck on it.

Superstition and truth cannot go together.

Living with God there are no difficulties.

Verily, the land belongs to him who labours on it.

Prayer needs a heart, not a tongue. Without the heart, words have no meaning.

Pure thought is far more potent than speech.

Steadfastness in meditation indicates depth of thought; it also makes for purity and maturity of thought.

To be guilty of a lapse, small or big, is certainly bad; but to hide it is even worse.

Our greatest enemy is not the foreigner, nor anyone else. We ourselves, that is, our desires, are our enemies.

A guru should be perfect. God alone is that.

Nothing is impossible for a true devotee.

The common people are a devoted worker's real bank, and this bank never fails.

He who does not labour and yet eats, eats stolen food.

Nanak says : "The more one indulges oneself, the more unhappy one becomes."

There is only one way of achieving independence through non-violence : by dying we live, by killing never.

The real service to the Bhils would be to make them fearless and remove their despair.

He alone who truly serves is a good householder. He goes on giving without expectation of return.

Merit lies in fighting alone, be the opponent one or many.

It is not the whistle that moves the train but the power harnessed in the steam.

If we dwell on evil thoughts, they do not disappear; they are likely to become our companions. "Dhyayato vishayan.ﾔ

Not to own our mistake is to repeat it and to commit the additional sin of concealing it.

Let us respect other religions even as we respect our own. Mere tolerance thereof is not enough.

Knowledge is that alone which enables a man to know himself. In other words, knowledge means self-realization.

The right that accrues from the performance of duty endures.

Despair corrodes man.

Verily, there should be only one fearﾗthe fear of doing something mean or untrue.

A right cause never fails; A true word never hurts in the end.

A poet has said that a man without knowledge is like an animal. What is that knowledge?

God is our Help as well as the Helmsman.

If we do not forsake our ideal, the ideal will never forsake us.

Nanak says : "If we obey the law of God, we then need no man-made laws."

"My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness." II Corinthians, XII. 9.

Man's capacity for self-deception is immeasurably greater than that for deceiving others. Every sensible person will testify to this.

Selfishness keeps us worrying for ever.

Dying for religion is good; for fanaticism, neither dying nor living.

He who talks in tune with the rhythm of life is never weary.

Sacrifice with regret is no sacrifice.

Man dies when he cuts himself off from the source of his being, not when the soul leaves the body.

Religion is no religion if it becomes mechanical.

Life is likened to a rose; because life, too, is full of thorns.

It appears that man cannot escape the snare of exaggeration.

A person without attachment should under no circumstances give way to anger.

Why fear death when the threat is ever present?

When we wipe the slate clean, we see God's signature clearly on it.

"Rather perish than break the pledged word." ﾗTulsidas

The nectar of Ramanama brings joy to the soul and rids the body of its ailments.

Religion is that which comprehends all. In other words, religion permeates life in all its aspects and at all times.

He alone lives in whose heart dwells Rama (God) and who is ever aware of such presence.

He who has everything but God on his side, has nothing.

Man must never suppress his inner voice even if he stand alone.

If we are late for a train, we miss it. What if we are late for prayer?

To mistake selfishness for selflessness is like mistaking a jackal for a lion.

It is not man that enjoys pleasures; it is pleasures that enjoy man, which is to say they consume him.

He who is poor by force of circumstances, cannot become poor by choice.

The power of a true word is such that it leads one from selfishness to selflessness.

It is easier to cross the ocean between countries than to span the gulf between individuals or people.

In faith there is no room for despair.

When man realizes himself, he is saved.

A troubled mind causes more suffering than an ulcer.

The true mark of success in life is the growth of tenderness and maturity in a man.

When the self dies, God fills the void.

There is greater pleasure in not eating than in eating. Who has not experienced the truth of it?

Nobody progresses without opposition.

The non-attached person cannot own anything.

Let us think not of big things but of good things.

He who does not want to be a slave of anyone, must become the slave of God.

Economics which departs from or is opposed to ethics is no good and should be renounced.

How shall we please God, how praise Him? By serving His creatureﾗman.

He who harps on his woes, multiplies them manifold.

Religion does not consist in eating this food or eschewing that but only in the realization of God within oneself.

He who seeks refuge in Ramanama, has Ramanama installed "in his heart and is duly rewarded.

He who is the dust of everybody's feet is near to God.

How can one claim to be human if he acts like a beast?

Meditation makes one strong and lucid.

Pure love removes all weariness.

He who is not disturbed by bad news will not be elated by good news.

He who fears, fails.

True religion knows no territorial limits.

Man is where his mind is, not where his body is.

Only he can be a leader who never loses hope.

Nanak says : "God dwells in every human heart, and so every heart is a temple of God."

He who thinks, speaks and acts with God as his witness, will never feel ashamed of doing the right thing.

If the courage to endure everything with goodwill is lacking, goodwill becomes a lame virtue.

He who has God for his companion, why need he be sorrowful or anxious or look for another companion?

Ramanama helps only those who fulfil the conditions for its recitation.

Truth should be accompanied by firmness of purpose.

A life without thought is like that of a beast.

He who remembers God can afford to forget everything else.

If you want to stand before God, you must go after shedﾭding the robe of egoism.

When a man has lost patience, he should resort to silence, and speak only when he has calmed down.

What matters to you the world's praise or censure? Do what you think is your duty.

To speak the truth, you have to weigh your words again and again.

"The hasty are ruffled; the slow and steady have composure." One sees the truth of this every moment.

Faith is the sun of life.

Pride devours man completely. The truth of this can be realized by everyone every moment.

Only that work which is done after anger has subsided can bear fruit.

Have we any right to pray so long as we have not purged ourselves of our impurities?

There can be no safety for us save in the lap of God.

One who thinks in terms of 'mine' and 'thine' cannot be free from attachment.

Is not death, in every case, a release from too much suffering? If so, why lament when it comes?

More people die of worry than of natural causes.

Our personal cleanliness counts for little if our neighbours are not clean.

He who concentrates on any one thing with singleness of purpose, will ultimately acquire the capacity to do everything.

We shall cease to think only of ourselves when we think of others.

Simplicity cannot be affected, it should be ingrained in one's nature.

How strange that we run after physicians who are mortals themselves but forget Rama, the immortal, eternal and never-failing Physician!

Opposition makes the man.

This day deserves to be written in letters of gold for, on April 6, 1919, India discovered herself.

How shall we dispel this darkness of egoism? By the light of uttermost humility.

For the realization of Truth it is necessary to read the lives of the saints and reflect upon them.

He who knows no rules and follows none just cannot be a servant of the people.

Renunciation is true enjoyment.

On the other hand, modesty and humility nourish man and make for his growth.

To destroy something is easy. To build requires great skill and care.

To see nothing but faults of others is even meaner than praising one's own virtues.

Man has to do God's work, but how is he to know what that is?

There is not a single moment in life when man cannot serve.

He alone can be a true satyagrahi who knows the art of living as well as of dying.

The world may call us weak but we must not weaken our ideals.

One can never find Truth if one is not wide awake every moment of one's life.

It is sin to regard anyone as helpless who has God for his support.

He who has God on his side, has all.

The benefit of solitude can be realized only by experience.

Selfishness and fear must go if one is to realize God.

One perfect man can dispel untruth even though the untruthful be legion.

Our faith should be like an ever-burning lamp which not only gives us light but also illuminates the surroundings.

Faith is that which remains unshaken even in the face of advessity.

A man of knowledge attains peace only through renunciation.

Life spent in service is the only fruitful life.

Sweet are the fruits of patience.

Divine Power is a thing that nothing can withstand.

To seek a favour is to barter away one's freedom.

He who loses patience, loses Truth as well as Non-violence.

He who is absorbed in God cannot become absorbed in anybody or anything besides Him.

When a man lives in submission to authority, it means he is paying the price of personal freedom.

Man cannot raise himself by searching outside. The scope for growth lies within.

How can a man who turns night into day be non-attached?

No joy can compare with the joy of doing one's duty in silence.

A word uttered from a pure heart goes never vain.

When a man empties his heart, God enters it.

When ﾑI' and when 'God'? In determining this lies the test of wisdom.

Pure thought is so subtle and yet so powerful a thing that it becomes all-pervading.

Give all, gain all.

Such being the case, where is the sense in making merry or becoming arrogant?

When our outer life gets the better of our inner life, the result is bound to be bad.

Slipshod work is like half-baked bread, fit only to be thrown away.

Without the maximum possible non-attachment, it is inconceivable for anyone to live up to the age of 125 years.

The straight path is as difficult as it is simple. Were it not so, all would follow the straight path.

He who is face to face with God does not speak, cannot speak.

Do not listen to rumour; but, if you do, do not believe it.

Vice flourishes in darkness. It vanishes in the light of day.

How strange that a man very often does not know who is a friend and who is a foe!

If there is a soul, then surely the Supreme Soul (God), too, exists.

Money is God'ﾗit is wrong to say so, and it has been proved to be wrong.

One is a servant of him for whom one works, not to whom one pays only lip service.

How wrong it is to ask others to be clean when we ourselves remain unclean!

There is goodness as well as greatness in simplicity, not in wealth.

Not to do evil is the only true law of life, says Guru Teg Bahadur.

Why seek outside that which is within you?

When the soul awakes, all sorrow vanishes.

What seems impossible is not always really so.

The darkness of egoism is more impenetrable than darkness itself.

It is very difficult to confess one's error; but then there is no other way of cleansing oneself.

Sorrow is but another aspect of joy. Hence the one invariably follows the other.

He who is shamed into acting correctly is not acting correctly at all.

Without selflessness, how can there be fearlessness?

It is useless to recite Ramanama without acting in a manner worthy of Rama.

Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.

To remember God and forget others is to see God even in them.

It is easy to instruct an uneducated person, but who can carry understanding to a man of little learning?

Silence inspired by fear is no silence.

Even if he be your relation, do not try to hide his faults.

Debts are redeemed by deeds, not by words.

We are loath to devote time to things that matter, but hanker after worthless things and find pleasure in them!!!

Nothing turns out right so long as there is no harmony between body, mind and soul.

Let us always beware of false knowledge. That which keeps or turns us away from Truth is false knowledge.

A devotee is ever absorbed in God.

No man is worthless who lightens anyone's burden even the least bit.

Faith that does not wane but ever waxes higher and turns into realization.

Just as the universe is contained in the self, so is India contained in the villages.

An important matter loses importance if irrelevant. A relevant thing, though small, is of the highest importance.

Meditation does not make one dull.

It is sinful to multiply wants unnecessarily.(Written on 3-4-1945.)

When man smites, it is God who comes to our rescue.

Keep all, lose all.

He who remembers everything else but forgets God, really remembers nothing.

I strive hard to preserve my physical body. Do I take the same pains to know my soul?

He whose eye says one thing, his tongue another, and his heart yet another, is a worthless fellow.

Experience is daily growing upon me that everything is attainable through silence.

He alone can offer sacrifice who is pure, fearless and worthy.

If one man can become perfect, it is but fair to assume that all can become so.

Whatever the crisis, the fire of love will overcome it.

Because of our physical limitations, we cannot have a conception of the existence of God.

God is said to have four arms as well as a thousand. It shows that all this is mere imagery.

That which should be renounced must be declined as a matter of duty even if offered free.

There is no happiness like Truth, no misery like untruth.

In complete non-violence, there is complete absence of hatred.

A calculating mind cannot attain self-realization.

Just as only others can see a man's back while he himself cannot, we too cannot see our own errors.

What is 'big' or 'small' in sin? Sin is sin. To believe otherwise is self-deception.

Non-attachment is put to real test only when there is full scope for our attachment to something.

He who has divine endowment in him becomes thereby immortal.

He who wants to please all, will please none.

However great the fury of the storm, the sea does not abandon its calm.

Knowing that everything has two sides, let us look at the bright side alone.

He who obeys God's Law will never care for any other law which is opposed to the Divine Law.

He who loses his individuality loses all.

A good thought is like fragrance.

What shall we call a person who, in the name of Rama, acts like Ravana?

Everyone, prince or pauper, is the guardian of his own dharma. What is there to grieve or rejoice in this?

"Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength." Isaiah, XXVI. 4.

He who does not know himself is lost.

Man cannot worship God and at the same time despise his fellow-beings. The two are irreconcilable.

Non-violence, truth, etc., are self-luminous. They cannot be genuine otherwise.

In egotism lies all trouble.

When there is both inner and outer cleanliness, it approaches godliness.

Isaiah, XLI. 10 has : "Fear thou not; for I am with thee."

Purity is tested only when it is pitted against impurity.

Renunciation which does not spring from the heart cannot be abiding.

A person without attachment should have an inexhaustible fund of patience.

What is true of purity is true of all other virtues. Nonﾭviolence is tested when it faces violence.

The joy of life lies in divesting oneself of life's cares.

To surrender to force is a sign of unmanliness.

Everyone grows old with the passage of time; desire alone remains ever youthful.

The soul dries up without the company of the good.

Man's capacity for self-deception is amazing.

Do not think, speak or write without reflecting. Consider how much time could thereby be saved.

God is omnipresent. Hence it is that He speaks to us through stones, trees, insects, birds, beasts, etc.

He alone knows the charm of solitude who has deliberately taken to it.

Evenmindedness is the best of all wisdom.

Nanak says : "The craving for happiness is a veritable disease. Sorrow or suffering is its remedy."

It follows from the foregoing that we would be thereby adding that much time to our span of life.

What is in the mind must come out, sooner or later.

Irregularity never goes well with non-attachment.

Inner strength grows by prayer.

What can a person not accomplish by faith? He can do everything.

We seek the company of the good, for that is the food for our soul.

What does it matter if people look upon us as dreamers?

When everything belongs to God what shall we offer to Him?

We have made ourselves what we are.

When the inner lamp burns, it illumines the whole world.

Untruth corrodes the soul; truth nourishes it.

If you must be annoyed, why should it be at other people's lapses, why not at your own?

If God keeps you, what does it matter if men reject you?

What greater meanness can there be than to seek out our good points and praise them to others?

Contemplation of an ideal does not broaden its scope, but it certainly increases its depth.

If all become teachers, who will be the pupils? So let us all be pupils.

He who always treads only the path of Truth never stumbles.

The breach of one rule inevitably leads to the breach of other rules.

He who has neither peace nor determination, how can he have realization?

He who thinks of the suffering humanity, will not think of himself. Where has he the time?

Only he is worthy to mete out punishment whose judgement is infallible. Who but God can be such?

The first service is latrine-cleaning.

Inexhaustible patience is needed if Truth is to be brought home to anyone.

Accepting undesired service, which is not joyfully rendered, is a painful burden.

Man finds himself by losing his Self.

Belittling one's mother tongue is like disparaging one's own mother.

Man's joy knows no bounds when he obtains something beyond his hopes.

If there is any hope for a man, whose mind remains impure in spite of himself, it is Ramanama.

Life means not revelryﾗeating, drinking and making merry but praising God, i. e., rendering true service to humanity.

When Reason and Faith are in conflict, it is better to prefer Faith.

By donning the garb of religion, vice does not become virtue nor does a wrong cease to be wrong.

Man rests in the jaws of Death. He is said to be dead when the jaws close.

Die and be saved.

When all forsake you, God shall still be with you.

The wonder is that even though a man knows where true happiness lies, he wastes his life in pursuing untruth!

We have no existence outside and apart from God.

Confession of error works like a broom. The broom sweeps away filth; confession does no less.

Envy devours him who harbours it. He who is the object of envy remains unaffected, perhaps even unaware of it.

It is strange that we toil so much over externals without a care for what lies within.

Good deeds let us do right now; the bad ones let us always keep on postponing.

It is possible to endure a diseased body, but not a diseased mind.

We must always listen to criticism of our faults and failings, never to our praises.

He who wants to drink of the nectar of Ramanama must purge himself of lust, anger and the like.

We are all mad. Which of us shall call whom mad?

A foreigner deserves to be welcomed only when he mixes with the indigenous people as sugar does with milk.

One man's cruelty is the measure of another man's gentleness.

Chastity needs no purdah. It needs only God's protection.

Alcohol maddens a man for the moment, but pride devours him completely and he is not even conscious of it!

Sacrifice which causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.

"Man is not God; call him not that. But of Divine refulgence he is part."

When the world rejects a man, God befriends him.

To gain immortality through divine endowment is not a big thing. To fulfil our obligations in daily life is.

Slavery to the environment dulls a man's mind.

When we give something, we must give the truest part of ourselves.

If God resides in every heart, then who dare hate whom?

Everything is right and proper in its place, improper when out of place.

To rejoice in happiness is to invite misery. Real happiness springs from sorrow and suffering.

Like a ship without direction or destination, labour without an ideal is fruitless.

Indigestion, etc., are not the only causes of fever. Anger, too, can bring it on.

Innocent and dreamless sleep is samadhi (meditation), yoga (concentration of mind) and selfless action. (Adapted from Vinoba's letter).

When the ego dies, the soul awakes.

How can he who does not know the art of living know the art of dying?

Even nectar turns into poison if poison is added to it.

Evil thoughts are also a sign of illness. Let us, therefore, avoid evil thoughts.

[Ramanama] is the only unfailing remedy for man's threefold ills.

Being a slave to fear and selfishness is the worst form of slavery.

What is it, if not futile, to argue about something which is beyond thought?

That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.

To a starving person, God will appear in the form of bread alone.