The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.

If you want to cut down a tree, it is no use to climb into its branches.

If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.

We have seen from experience that, if we are in the habit of walking regularly on the same road, we are able to think about other things while walking, without paying attention to our steps.

Innumerable actions are going on through us all the time. If we started counting them, we should never come to an end.

In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.

Human life is full of the play of samskaras - tendencies developed by repeated actions.