The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.

To lose patience is to lose the battle.

I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage.

What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.

Study not man in his animal nature - man following the laws of the jungle - but study man in all his glory.

The path of bhakti, karma and love as expounded in the Gita leaves no room for the despising of man by man.

A literal interpretation of the Gita lands one in a sea of contradictions.