Non-violence has to be observed in thought, word and deed. The measure of our non-violence will be the measure of our success.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

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.

In what way can a man believing in God cease believing due to his personal vanity? There are only two ways. The man should either begin to think himself a rival of God, or he may begin to believe himself to be God.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

My only desire is that India should be a good producer and no one should be hungry, shedding tears for food in the Country.

And no, we don't know where it will lead. You just know there's something much bigger than any of us here. 

There is no substitute for merit.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.