Indian - Educator | September 11, 1895 - November 15, 1982
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.
Vinoba Bhave
FreedomRiverSweetWillTwoOwn
A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.
BehaviorCountryEthicalArmsShould
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.
LifeManPracticeLongMeant To Be
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.
GreatExperienceSoulJoyFreeFeet
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.
PowerFitnessManWorldVictoryHim
Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.
LifeKarmaMeanDoesMere
It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.
LifeMindFreeWayWithinAccepted
Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power.
PowerYourselfThinkingImagine
Innumerable actions are going on through us all the time. If we started counting them, we should never come to an end.
TimeEndNeverThroughUsGoing
We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.
ChildhoodSomethingCannotOffSlate
When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.
TrueNeedUseAnyThing
If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.
NatureFreeWishSameOrderBring
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