No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it.

The knowledge of the omnipresence of God also means respect for the lives even of those who may be called opponents.

Man will ever remain imperfect, and it will always be his part to try to be perfect.

Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all.

For me patriotism is the sme as humanity. I am patriotic because I am human and humane. It is not exclusive. I will not hurt England or Germany to serve India . . . My patriotism is inclusive and admits of no enmity or ill-will.

I believe that there is no prayer without fasting, and there is no real fast without prayer.

The object of the Gita appears to me to be that of showing the most excellent way to attain self-realization.