India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).

I do not like the word tolerance, but could not think of a better one. Tolerance implies a gratuitous assumption of the inferiority of other faiths to one

A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.

Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom cometh out of the mouths of babes.

I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loincloths and towels and my reputation, which cannot be worth much.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.