Mother cow is in many ways better than the mother who gave us birth.

Man has always desired power. Ownership of property gives this power. Man hankers also after posthumous fame based on power.

Temples are like spiritual hospitals, and the sinful, who are spiritually diseased, have the first right to be ministered to by them.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint.

It would conduce to national progress and save a great deal of time and trouble if we cultivated the habit of never supporting the resolutions either by speaking or voting for them if we had not either the intention or the ability to carry them out.

True nonviolence is mightier than the mightiest violence.