I do regard Islam to be a religion of peace in the same sense as Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism are.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

All satyagraha and fasting is a species of tyaga. It depends for its effects upon an expression of wholesome public opinion shorn of all bitterness.

There are as many different religions as there are individuals.

Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?

Perfection is the exclusive attribute of God, and it is indescribable, untranslatable. I do believe that it is possible for human beings to become perfect, even as God is perfect. It is necessary for all of us to aspire after that perfection but when that blessed state is attained, it become indescribable, indefinable.

"Be the change you want to see in the world"...and, if you can't be that change, then either get out of the way of the person who wants to be that change or support the individual with your financial resources.