It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.

What faith can you place in a general or a soldier who lacks resolution and determination, who says, 'I shall keep guard as long as I can'?

Love in the sense of ahimsa has only a limited number of votaries in the world.

Knowledge and devotion, to be true, have to stand the test of renunciation of the fruits of action.

God tries his votaries through and through but never beyond endurance. He gives them strength enough to go through the ordeal he prescribes for them.

My greatest weapon is mute prayer.

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