If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. 

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the meaning of realising Him.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

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 will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.

Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

Every mother is born of another mother. So, the legacy will continue forever.

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.