Every moment of life brings an opportunity for being conscious of human feeling, in prosperity, in adversity, in all conditions. It costs very little; only a little thought is necessary. There is no greater religion than love. God is love; and the best form of love is to be conscientious regarding the feelings of those with whom we come in contact in everyday life.

Spirituality is much wider than any particular religion, and in the larger ideas of it that are now coming on us even the greatest religion becomes no more than a broad sect or branch of the one universal religion, by which we shall understand in the future man's seeking for the eternal, the divine, the greater self, the source of unity and his attempt to arrive at some equation, some increasing approximation of the values of human life with the eternal and the divine values.

There are many people who have worked just because they love the community in which they are in, without expecting any financial consideration.

It is man who, through his thoughts and actions, creates turmoil and disintegration in the natural, harmonious unity of the world.

Every explicit duality is an implicit unity.

Without suffering, we do not have the opportunity to cultivate compassion and understanding; and without understanding, there can be no true love.

Conflict exists strictly as an opportunity to raise our consciousness.

The present gives you the opportunity to dive deep into the water of life, or to fly high into the sky of life. But on both the sides there are dangers - 'past' and 'future' are the most dangerous words in human language.

The human person is a unique composite - a unity of spirit and matter, soul and body, fashioned in the image of God and destined to live forever. Every human life is sacred, because every human person is sacred.

Hindu-Muslim unity, khaddar and removal of untouchability are to me the foundation of Swaraj.

One should see any opportunity to serve as a rare and precious gift...and never waste such an opportunity.

The maintenance of secrets acts like a psychic poison which alienates the possessor from the community.

It is because the doctrine of human unity based on the spiritual oneness of all beings, is not propagated in the right manner that we have today many divisions leading to many conflicts.

In our home (for the dying at Kali Ghat) in Calcutta, there is great peace, unity and love. Many Hindu families bring food, clothing nonstop to our home for the dying. This is an act of love. I didn't ask them. They have only heard about what I am doing and they all come.

Instead of asking "what’s the problem?" ask "what's the creative opportunity?"

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

Human society needs essentially fellow-feeling and unity. When these two are present, humanness will flourish.

Lack of awareness of the basic unity of organism and environment is a serious and dangerous hallucination.

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings.

Unity is divinity, purity is enlightenment.

Be tolerant. Behold the unity of all faiths, cults, creeds and religions. Respect the views, opinions and sentiments of all.

There is a message to the community that a non-governmental process is underway to bring about social change, it's a public one, and people like Margaret Thatcher, George Bush, and Mikhail Gorbachev are throwing their weight behind it. In a world where there's a lot of cynicism and despair, this has a candle-lighting effect.

What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live - with your self-respect alive and growing.