Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power.
If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free.
The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the burden of the body drags down the soul.
In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.
The main reason why we look constantly to the Gita is that, whenever we need help, we may get it from the Gita. And, indeed, we always do get it.
A sword in hand is a sure sign of a violent mind; but one does not become non-violent merely by throwing the sword away.
We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.
All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.
In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.
