I believe that the sum total of the energy of mankind is not to bring us down but to lift us up, and that is the result of the definite, if unconscious, working of the law of love. The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.

For me, Rama and Rahim are one and the same deity. I acknowledge no other God but the one God of truth and righteousness.

Indeed, these errors and my prompt confessions have made me surer, if possible, of my insight into the implications of truth and ahimsa.

It is not a mistake to commit a mistake, for no one commits a mistake knowing it to be one. But it is a mistake not to correct the mistake after knowing it to be one. If you are afraid of committing a mistake, you are afraid of doing anything at all. You will correct your mistakes whenever you find them.

Cow-slaughter can never be stopped by law.

Nonviolence is an intensely active force when properly understood and used.

My Hinduism must be a very poor thing if it cannot flourish even under the most adverse influence.