It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one’s belly, in order to be able to save one’s head.
I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
Prayer is a confession of one’s own unworthiness and weakness.
God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.