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. — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
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. — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free. — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord. — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
If a man’s house is full of medicine bottles, we infer the man is an invalid. But if his house is full of books,… — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts. — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off. — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the… — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same. — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
I am convinced that those who get themselves involved in the machinery of power politics, even for the purpose of destroying it, are bound… — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is… — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
Gross and subtle, pure and mixed, simple and complex - in the end that there is no place where God is not. In every… — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
