Society and the World

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

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

The good man is the friend of all living things.

Terrorism and deception are weapons not of the strong, but of the weak.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment; full effort is full victory.

Service that is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures as possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

Power is of two kinds: One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

Personally, I hold that a man who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

Non-co-operation with evil is as much a duty as is co-operation with good.

Non-co-operation with evil is as much a duty as is co-operation with good.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Morality is contraband in war.

Morality is contraband in war.

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow men.