We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain from.

It is difficult to judge, when both sides are employing weapons of violence, which side 'deserves' to succeed.

Learn as if you will live forever.

I shall content myself with merely declaring my firm conviction that, for the seeker who would live in fear of God and who would see Him face to face, restraint in diet both as to quantity and quality is as essential as restraint in thought and speech.

Nothing in the Shastras, which is capable of being reasoned, can stand if it is in conflict with reason.

Nonviolence is impossible without humility.