The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different. |
The first condition of humaneness is a little humility and a little diffidence about the correctness of one's conduct and a little receptiveness. |
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. |
The hardest metal yields to sufficient heat. Even so must the hardest heart melt before sufficiency of the heat of non- violence. And there is no limit to the capacity of non-violence to generate heat. |
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless. |
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body. |
The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted. |
The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity. |
The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular. |
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart. |
The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart. |
The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that too, unconditional assistance. Co-operation which needs consideration is a commercial contract and not friendship. Conditional co-operation is like adulterated cement which does not bind. |
The world is touched by sacrifice. It does not then discriminate about the merits of a cause. Not so God - He is all seeing. He insists on the purity of the cause and on adequate sacrifice thereof. |
There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings. |
There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to men. |