Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that the higher should protect the lower, and that there should be mutual aid between the two as between man and man. They had also brought out the truth that man eats not for enjoyment but to live.

Even a little of dharma saves one from many a pitfall.

Ahimsa magnifies one's own defects, and minimizes those of the opponent. It regards the mole in one's own eye as a beam and the beam in the opponent's eye as a mole.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Widowhood imposed by religion or custom is an unbearable yoke and defiles the home by secret vice and degrades religion.

I don't reject Christ. I love Christ. It's just that so many of you Christians are so unlike Christ.

I believe in the absolute oneness of God and, therefore, also of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. The rays of the sun are many through refraction. But they have the same source. I cannot, therefore, detach myself from the wickedest soul (nor may I be denied identity with the most virtuous).