“in the sentiment of Mahatma Gandhi, when we practice the law of an eye for an eye, we all end up blind.”

“Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it. The deeper the search in the mind of truth, the richer the discovery of the gems buried there.”

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

“If we are unmanly today, we are so, not because we do not know how to strike, but because we fear to die.”

“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.” 

“I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.”

“No hay caminos para la paz; la paz es el camino.”

“world has things which full fill man needs, but not greeds.”

“Action expresses priorities.”

“Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.”

“My difficulties lay deeper. It was more than I could believe that Jesus was the only incarnate son of God, and that only he who believed in him would have everlasting life. If God could have sons, all of us were His sons. If Jesus was like God, or God Himself, then all men were like God and could be God Himself. My reason was not ready to believe literally that Jesus by his death and by his blood redeemed the sins of the world. Metaphorically there might be some truth in it. Again, according to Christianity only human beings had souls, and not other living beings, for whom death meant complete extinction; while I held a contrary belief. I could accept Jesus as a martyr, an embodiment of sacrifice, and a divine teacher, but not as the most perfect man ever born. His death on the Cross was a great example to the world, but that there was anything like a mysterious or miraculous virtue in it my heart could not accept. The pious lives of Christians did not give me anything that the lives of men of other faiths had failed to give. I had seen in other lives just the same reformation that I had heard of among Christians. Philosophically there was nothing extraordinary in Christian principles. From the point of view of sacrifice, it seemed to me that the Hindus greatly surpassed the Christians. It was impossible for me to regard Christianity as a perfect religion or the greatest of all religions.”

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”

“My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.”

“ce que peut l'un de nous, les autres le peuvent.”

“I am now of the opinion that children should first be taught the art of drawing before learning how to write.”