"True beauty lies in purity of the heart."

"There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results."

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action."

"I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian."

"I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings."

"To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?", Oct. 4, 1930)]"

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."

"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."

"There is more to life than simply increasing its speed."

"Action expresses priorities."

"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."

"What barrier is there that love cannot break?"

"Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable."

"Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love."

"The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace."

"Hate the sin, love the sinner."

"Where there is love there is life."

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always."

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."