Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.

My knowledge of the letter of the Shastras is better, but of true religion they are able to give me but little.

But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.

If Britain wins wholly, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and perhaps even Bolshevik Russia will disappear.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue.

I still believe that man, not having been given the power of creation, does not posses the right of destroying the meanest creature that lives. The perogative of destruction belongs solely to the Creator of all that lives.