I wanted to know the best of the life of one (Muhammad) who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind. I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, scien…

If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, p…

The most any one can do is to confess as candidly as he can the grounds for the faith that is in him, and leave his example to work on others as it may.

la ilaha il-Allah, wa Muhammadu... (There is no god but God and Muhammed [is His prophet])

'You I admire as being more, -much more -a man, and more believer too, than half the canting orthodox.'