A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God’s creation, woman, the object of our lust.
I know, to banish anger altogether from one’s breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God’s grace.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.