What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or the spread of that spirit?

I eat to live, to serve, and also, if it so happens, to enjoy, but I do not eat for the sake of enjoyment.

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.

Running away for fear of death, leaving one's dear ones, temples or music to take care of themselves, is irreligion; it is cowardice.

In a society based on nonviolence, the smallest nation will feel as tall as the tallest.

I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher

I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.