In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
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 than the one derived from fear of punishment.
There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.
The expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.
If we are to reach real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with the children.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.
Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.
Speak only if it improves upon the silence.
It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.
Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.
Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.
There is no such thing as ‘too insane’ unless others turn up dead due to your actions.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.