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.

Drink is not a fashion in India, as it is in the West.

True prayer is not a prelude to inaction.

Carrying arms for the removal of the Arms Act can never fall under any scheme of nonviolence.

Nonviolence is impossible without humility.

Love is needed to strengthen the weak; love becomes tyrannical when it exacts obedience from an unbeliever.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?