Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.

Whilst power, superimposed, always needs the help of the police and the military, power generated from within should have little or no use of them.

True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.

If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide.

Ramanama purifies while it cures, and, therefore, it elevates.

Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.