It is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples.

Every good movement passes through five stages, indifference, ridicule, abuse, repression, and respect.

Insistence on truth can come into play when one party practices untruth or injustice. Only then can love be tested. True friendship is put to the test only when one party disregards the obligation of friendship.

I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.

If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly.

What has appealed to me most in Tolstoy's life is that he practiced what he preached and reckoned no cost too great in his pursuit of truth.

To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record.