Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.

If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.

A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.

Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

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

Every single act of one who would lead a life of purity should be in the nature of yajna.

Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.