To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the. . . gift of leadership.

When I see a cow, it is not an animal to eat, it is a poem of pity for me and I worship it and I shall defend its worship against the whole world.

I am part and parcel of the whole and cannot find God apart from the rest of humanity.

To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.

God can never be realized by one who is not pure of heart.

If a man voluntarily allows himself to be crushed, he yields the oil of moral energy which sustains the world.

Love is no love which asks for a return.