Vinoba Bhave Quotes

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• If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole…
• It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.
• In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant…
• A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.
• If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.
• 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…
• The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom…
• In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.
• Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.
• Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.
• It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.
• When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.
• When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.
• All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.
• Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power.
• Politics And Religion Are Obsolete, The Time Has Come For Science And Spirituality
• 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…
• 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, we…
• We have seen from experience that, if we are in the habit of walking regularly on the same road, we are able to think about…
• I am convinced that those who get themselves involved in the machinery of power politics, even for the purpose of destroying it, are bound to…

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