Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what purpose?'

India has an unbroken tradition of nonviolence from times immemorial.

It is no religion to have for one's wife a girl who is fit only to sit in one's lap, it is the height of irreligion.

God never occurs to you in person but always in action.

The religion of nonviolence is not meant merely for therishis and saints.

Truth is my religion and ahimsa is the only way of its realization.

It was through the Hindu religion that I learnt to respect Christianity and Islam.