Strictly speaking, no activity and no industry is possible without a certain amount of violence, no matter how little. Even the very process of living is impossible without a certain amount of violence. What we have to do is to minimize it to the greatest extent possible.

Yet even differences prove helpful, where there are tolerance, charity and Truth.

God in his wisdom circumscribed man's vision, and rightly too, for otherwise man's conceit would know no bounds.

My own veneration for other faiths is the same as that for my own faith; therefore no thought of conversion is possible

Wherever flaxseeds become a regular food item among the people, there will be better health.

It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to speak impromptu. I hesitated whenever I had to face strange audiences and avoided making a speech whenever I could. Even today I do not think I could or would even be inclined to keep a meeting of friends engaged in idle talk.

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.