“Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.”

“Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.”

“The more you say the less people remember. The fewer the words the greater the profit.”

“I love my country better than my family but I love humanity better than my country.”

“I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend with the generous energy of a father and with the exuberant affection of a mother.”

“All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.”

“I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.”

“You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.”

“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”