Man cannot breathe with borrowed lungs.

A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.

Indeed the very word, nonviolence, a negative word, means that it is an effort to abandon the violence that is inevitable in life.

My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.

If Gandhism means simply mechanically turning the spinning wheel, it deserves to be destroyed.

Even the atheists, who have pretended to disbelieve in God, have believed in Truth.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.