Renunciation made for the sake of service is an ineffable joy of which none can deprive anyone, because that nectar springs from within and sustains life.

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.

We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.

Freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day.

To me God is truth and love, God is ethics and morality, God is fearlessness.

Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow labourers and not be self-seeking.

When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within.