Indian Leaders

"I beg you not to adopt any "go slow" methods of nonviolence. In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor. A merely soft, spineless ineffective kind of nonviolence will actually encourage the growth of the status quo and all the forces of a violent system which we deplore."

A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior. 

We cannot fight new wars with old weapons. 

"What we should aim at is the creation of people power, which is opposed to the power of violence and is different from the coercive power of state." 

In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice. 

It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor. 

Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same. 

The main reason why we look constantly to the Gita is that, whenever we need help, we may get it from the Gita. And, indeed, we always do get it. 

If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free. 

The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the burden of the body drags down the soul. 

Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana. 

All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts."

"When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it."

"There is no need for me to protest against the government’s faults, it is against its good deeds that my protests are needed."

"Peace is something mental and spiritual. If there be peace in our (personal) life, it will affect the whole world"