In times to come people will not judge us by the creed we profess or the label we wear or the slogans we shout, but, by our work, industry, sacrifice, honesty and purity of character.
Imperfect men have no right to judge other imperfect men.
It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words.
I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.
I have learnt through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmuted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmuted into a power which can move the world.
There is no road towards peace; peace is the road.
Illness or disease is only Nature’s warning that filth has accumulated in some portion or other of the body; and it would surely be the part of wisdom to allow Nature to remove the filth, instead of covering it up with the help of medicines.
Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain.
One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole.
Wildlife is decreasing in the jungles, but it is increasing in the towns.
Peace is its own reward.
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.
The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.
It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet.
The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see Truth in fragment and from different points of vision.
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
It Is possible to live in peace.
Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you.
Full effort is full victory.
The earth, the air, the land, and the water are not an inheritance from our forefathers but are on loan from our children. So, we have to hand them over to them at least, as it was handed over to us.