All great religions have rightly regarded kama as the arch-enemy of man, anger or hatred coming only in the second place.

The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.

The willing sacrifice of the innocents is the most powerful retort to insolent tyranny that has yet to be conceived by God or man.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

Individual liberty and interdependence are both essential for life in society.

A man of truth must also be a man of care.

Reason has to be strengthened by suffering, and suffering opens the eyes of understanding.