What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless whether the mad destruction is brought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?
When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.
God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.