Enlightenment is the ultimate destination of the spiritual path.

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith. 

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success. 

Weak leaders use others to defend them. The strong fight their own battles.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

It's not a faith in technology. Its faith in people.

I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

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.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.