I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian.

A fear-stricken person can never know God, and one who knows God will never fear a mortal man.

Cowardice is impotence worse than violence. The coward desires revenge but being afraid to die, he looks to others, maybe to the government of the day, to do the work of defense for him. A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women.

Nations are not formed in a day, the formation requires years.

The khadi spirit means fellow-feeling with every human being on earth.

In the characteristics of the perfected man of the Gita, I do not see any to correspond to physical warfare.

The music of the spinning wheel will be as balm to your soul.