Vinoba Bhave

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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 to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.

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

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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.

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We cannot fight new wars with old weapons.

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I may worship the image of the Lord; but that act is worthless if it is not accompanied with devotion. In the absence of devotion, the idol will just be a piece of stone, and so shall I; and the worship will only mean that a stone is facing a stone!

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Quotes by Vinoba Bhave