True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.

Religions are different roads converging on the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal? I believe that all religions of the world are true more or less. I say "more or less" because I believe that everything the human hand touches, by reason of the very fact that human beings are imperfect, becomes imperfect.

The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind.

... there are chords in every human heart. If we only knew how to strike the right chord, we would bring out the music.

A seeker of truth will never begin by discounting his opponent's statement as unworthy of trust.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.