Nonviolence which to me is the glory of Hinduism, has been sought to be explained away by our people as being meant for the sanyasis only.

My effort should never be to undermine another's faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith.

The turning of the charkha in a lifeless way will be like the turning of the beads of the rosary with a wandering mind turned away from God.

No one can ride on the back of a man unless it is bent.

Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.

No empire intoxicated with the red wine of power and the plunder of weaker races has yet lived long in this world.

Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification.