Vinoba Bhave

It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.

— Vinoba Bhave

A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.

— Vinoba Bhave

In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord.

— Vinoba Bhave

If a man’s house is full of medicine bottles, we infer the man is an invalid. But if his house is full…

— Vinoba Bhave

All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.

— Vinoba Bhave

We cannot fight new wars with old weapons.

— Vinoba Bhave

We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.

— Vinoba Bhave

If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules…

— Vinoba Bhave

Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.

— Vinoba Bhave

I am convinced that those who get themselves involved in the machinery of power politics, even for the purpose of destroying it,…

— Vinoba Bhave

In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the…

— Vinoba Bhave

Gross and subtle, pure and mixed, simple and complex - in the end that there is no place where God is not.…

— Vinoba Bhave

Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.

— Vinoba Bhave

The main reason why we look constantly to the Gita is that, whenever we need help, we may get it from the…

— Vinoba Bhave

When we will all see our role in society as servants, we will all light up the sky together like countless stars…

— Vinoba Bhave

We have seen from experience that, if we are in the habit of walking regularly on the same road, we are able…

— Vinoba Bhave

Human life is full of the play of samskaras - tendencies developed by repeated actions.

— Vinoba Bhave

If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.

— Vinoba Bhave

Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power.

— Vinoba Bhave

If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great…

— Vinoba Bhave

The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied…

— Vinoba Bhave

In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with…

— Vinoba Bhave

When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.

— Vinoba Bhave

Innumerable actions are going on through us all the time. If we started counting them, we should never come to an end.

— Vinoba Bhave

It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.

— Vinoba Bhave