It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.

In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.

Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.

If a man’s house is full of medicine bottles, we infer the man is an invalid. But if his house is full of books, we conclude he is intelligent.

In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord.

I am convinced that those who get themselves involved in the machinery of power politics, even for the purpose of destroying it, are bound to fail in their purpose. To destroy it we have to stay out of it. If we want to cut down a tree, it is of no use to climb into its branches. The desire to keep contact with something, even to destroy it, is a subtle and insidious illusion.

We cannot fight new wars with old weapons.