Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.

There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

I was reading.

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

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.

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

If we are to reach real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with the children.

(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.

It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilisation.

What barrier is there that love cannot break?

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.

There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.

Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.

The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.

There are no good-byes, where ever you'll be, you'll be in my heart.

A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness can be spread without diminishing that of yourself.

The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.

They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.

Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; the female sex.

Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

The path is the goal.

Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.

Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.

The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species. Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?

It's easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.

There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

Wherever you are you will always be in my heart.

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

No one can ride on the back of a man unless it is bent.