I call myself a labourer because I take pride in calling myself a spinner, weaver, farmer and scavenger.

I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.

Men aspiring to be free can hardly think of enslaving others.

Love never claims, it ever gives.

I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . . without having to wait for others to do so.

Appreciation of nonviolence means patient research and still more patient and difficult practice.

The sum total of karma is God.