"God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained."

"The good man is the friend of all living things."

"Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality."

"The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within."

"Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain."

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

"That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake."

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people."

"To a man with an empty stomach food is god."

"Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment."

"Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive."

"Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral."

"Faith is the function of the heart."

"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul."

"Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly."

"Full effort is full victory."

"Speak only if it improves upon the silence."

"Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue."

"Be the change you are trying to create."

"Doubt is invariably the result of want or weakness of faith."

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?"

"God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us."

"Truth is like a vast tree, which yields more and more fruit, the more you nurture it."

"Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her."

"Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause."

"Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupations is exhilarating and life-giving."

"Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having."

"Gentleness, self-sacrifice, and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion."

"In reality, there are as many religions as there are individuals."

"The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear."

"If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him."

"Take care of this moment."

"Morality is contraband in war."

"There is no way to 'peace', there is only 'peace'."

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

"Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:- I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering."

"Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words."

"Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization."

"Service without humility is selfishness and egotism."

"There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results."

"Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love."

"Violence begins with the fork."

"Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education."

"In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all."

"Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity."

"The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing. The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I started praying regularly."

"I consider myself a Hindu Christian Moslem Jew Buddhist and Confucian."

"The future depends on what we do in the present."

"Strength does not come from winning. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."

"It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business."