The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it make if we follow different routes, provided we arrive at the same destination?
True beauty lies in purity of the heart.
There’s no God higher than truth.
True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.
Do not crave to know the views of others, nor base your intent thereon. To think independently for yourself is a sign of fearlessness.
Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.
All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.
Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.
Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.
One thing we have endeavoured to observe most scrupulously, namely, never to depart from the strictest facts and, in dealing with the difficult questions that have arisen during the year, we hope that we have used the utmost moderation possible under the circumstances.
Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment.
We must become the change we want to see.
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.
Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.
Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side.
I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.
Always believe in your dreams, because if you don’t, you’ll still have hope.
To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.