I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.

The man of prayer will be at peace with himself and with the whole world.

The sum of all that lives is God.

Mother cow expects from us nothing but grass and grain.

All sins are committed in secrecy. The moment we realize that God witnesses even our thoughts, we shall be free.

Social service that savours of patronage is not service.