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"The man who eats to live, who is friends with the five powers - earth, water, ether, sun and air - who is a servant of God, the Creator of all these, ought not to fall ill."
"Man should earnestly desire the well - being of all God's creations and pray that we may have the strength to do so."
"God is not a Power residing in the clouds. He is an unseen Power residing within us and nearer to us than finger nails to the flesh."
"God is not a person. God is an eternal principle."
"God has blessed man with seed that has the highest potency and woman with a field richer than the richest earth to be found anywhere on his globe."
"God has been described by all the scriptures of the world as protector and saviour of the sinner."
"God has a thousand names, or rather He is Nameless."
"God gifted man with intellect so that he might know his Maker. Man abused it so that he might forget his Maker."
"God does not punish directly. His ways are inscrutable."
"God created man to work for his food and said that those who ate without work were thieves."
"God alone is immortal, imperishable."
"God always saves the world from the consequences of unintended errors of men who live in fear of Him."
"Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the deed, whether good or wicked always deserves respect or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practised, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world."
"Indeed one's faith in one's plans and methods is truly tested when the horizon before one is the blackest."
"An opponent is entitled to the same regard for his principles as we would expect others to have for ours. Non-violence demands that we should see every opportunity to win over opponents."
"This campaign of non-cooperation has no reference to diplomacy, secret or open. The only diplomacy it admits of is the statement and pursuance of truth at any cost."
"It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilised men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence."
"There is no god greater than truth."
"A friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty."
"Real beauty is my aim."