You may pluck out my eyes, but that cannot kill me. You may chop off my nose, but that will not kill me. But blast my belief in God, and I am dead.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

Prayer is no mere exercise of words or of the ears, it is no mere repetition of empty formula.

True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.

Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind.

The path of bhakti, karma and love as expounded in the Gita leaves no room for the despising of man by man.

Force, violence, pressure, or compulsion with a view to conformity, are both uncivilized and undemocratic