We cannot fight new wars with old weapons.

All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.

Though the names 'karma', 'yoga' and 'sannyasa' are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.

If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free.

A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.

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.

When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.