Ashram means a community of men of religion. I feel that an ashram was a necessity of life for me.

Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.

I do not want my house to be rounded by walls and my windows to be closed to other cultures. I wish to become familiar with the culture of lands as much as possible but I will not permit them to affect me or shake me from my own status.

In the East, as in the West, newspapers are fast becoming people's Bible, Koran, Zend-Avesta and Gita all rolled into one.

The power we call God defies description.

There is no yajna (sacrifice) greater than spinning calculated to bring peace to the troubled spirit, to soothe the distracted student's mind, to spiritualize his life.

Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.