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

The real seat of taste was not the tongue but the mind

It is wonderful, if we chose the right diet, what an extraordinarily small quantity would suffice.

In the march towards Truth, anger, selfishness, hatred, etc., naturally give way, for otherwise Truth would be impossible to attain. A man who is swayed by passions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.

If my nonviolence is to be contagious and infectious, I must acquire greater control over my thoughts.

We no longer have a choice between violence and non-violence. The choice of today stands between nonviolence or non-existence.

Fear of disease killed more men than disease itself.