The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.

There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed in it.

The Gita is not for those who have no faith.

My varnashram dharma teaches me that there must be some significance in the fact of my being born in India instead of in Europe.

Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred; when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once; and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.

My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill.

Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.