An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
My life is my message.
The moment there is doubt about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world but being able to remake ourselves.
A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
That service is the noblest rendereed for its own sake.
The enemy is fear. We may think it is hate, but it is fear.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body but you will never imprison my mind.
Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins the soul and there is no cure for it.