What lies ahead of you & what lies behind you is nothing compared to what lies within you.

Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.

There are two days in the year that we can not do anything, yesterday and tomorrow

All your scholarship would be in vain if at the same time you do not build your character and attain mastery over your thoughts and your actions.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.

A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.

Do not crave to know the views of others, nor base your intent thereon. To think independently for yourself is a sign of fearlessness.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is.

Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state.

I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality

If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.

You can't lead a true life without suffering

One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole

Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

Behaviour is the mirror in which we can display our image.

Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence

Love is the strongest force the world possesses.

I appeal for cessation of hostilities, not because you are too exhausted to fight, but because war is bad in essence. You want to kill Nazism. You will never kill it by its indifferent adoption.

Where there is fear there is no religion.

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any

A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.