Temples are like spiritual hospitals, and the sinful, who are spiritually diseased, have the first right to be ministered to by them.

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute.

To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face, one must be able to love the meanest of all creation as oneself.

The votaries of nonviolence cannot harbour violence even in thought, let alone the question of doing it.

Religion is one tree with many branches. As branches, you may say, religions are many, but as a tree, religion is only one.

To die without killing is the badge of a satyagrahi.

Love is needed to strengthen the weak; love becomes tyrannical when it exacts obedience from an unbeliever.