Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

The weak can never forgive.

Labour is a great leveler of all distinctions.

Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness.

Rama Nama should come from the heart. In that event, Rama Nama could become an effective remedy against all ailments. A man who believes in Rama Nama would not make a fetish of the body but would regard it as a means of serving God. And for making it into a fit instrument for that purpose, Rama Nama is the sovereign means. To install Rama Nama in the heart requires infinite patience. It might even take ages. But the effort is worthwhile. Rama Nama cannot come from the heart unless one has cultivated the virtues of truth, honesty and purity within and without.

True swadeshi is that alone in which all the processes through which cotton has to pass are carried out in the same village or town.

An awakened people who rely upon their nonviolent strength are independent in the face of any conceivable combination of the armed powers.