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

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

Buddha renounced every worldly happiness because he wanted to share with the whole world his happiness which was to be had by men who sacrificed and suffered in the search for truth.

It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly unsuitable to the Indian environment.

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.

Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have not been created to feed our destructive propensities. If we only knew the mind of the Creator, we should find their proper place in His creation.