Quotes by Indian authors

"Fear has its use but cowardice has none"

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

"Truth never damages a cause that is just"

"Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear"

"Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening"

"Non-violence is the article of faith"

"Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position"

"The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart"

"Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having"

"Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive"

"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"

"Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be"

"It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh"

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world"

"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children"

"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress"

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty"

"Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion"

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

"We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study"

"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed"

"The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body"

"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man"

"Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another"

"Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom"

"It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity"

"If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm"

"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide"

"Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone"

"Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart"