"Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands"
"Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth"
"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people"
"I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality"
"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent"
"I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others"
"That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake"
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will"
"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul"
"Morality is contraband in war"
"Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort"
"Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment"
"Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature"
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem"
"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"
"Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment"
"Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her"
"It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business"
"A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes"
"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave"
"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble"
"A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident"
"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"
"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history"
"A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion"
"A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice"
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest"
"Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well"
"All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth"
"All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take"
"Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame"
"For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion"
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win"
"Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith"
"Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession"
"Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up"
"Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion"
"Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts"
"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves"
"Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages"
"Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up"
"Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding"
"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching"
"Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed"
"I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up"
"I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps"
"Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent"
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world"
"We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?"
"Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education"
