A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control.

A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.

The path of Truth is as narrow as it is straight. Even so is that of ahimsa.

Untouchability is a blot on Hinduism. It is a canker eating into its vitals.

A certain degree of physical harmony and comfort is necessary, but above a certain level it becomes a hindrance instead of a help. Therefore the ideal of creating an unlimited number of wants and satisfying them seems to be a delusion and a snare.

Prayer needs no speech. It is in itself independent of any sensuous effort. But it must be combined with the utmost humility.

It is a tragedy that religion for us means, today, nothing more than restrictions on food and drink, nothing more than adherence to absence of superiority and inferiority.