Words matter. These are the best Vinoba Bhave Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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 world.
We cannot fight new wars with old weapons.
Innumerable actions are going on through us all the time. If we started counting them, we should never come to an end.
Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.
In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.
The main reason why we look constantly to the Gita is that, whenever we need help, we may get it from the Gita. And, indeed, we always do get it.
When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.
All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.
‘Talks on the Gita’ is the story of my life, and it is also my message.
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 would be wasted.
God guides us from within. He does nothing more than that. There is no charm in God shaping us like a potter. We are not earthen wares; we are beings full of consciousness.
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 other things while walking, without paying attention to our steps.
A sword in hand is a sure sign of a violent mind; but one does not become non-violent merely by throwing the sword away.
It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.
We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.
In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord.
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 burden of the body drags down the soul.
Human life is full of the play of samskaras – tendencies developed by repeated actions.
