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Prayer needs a heart, not a tongue. Without the heart, words have no meaning.
"December 25, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 448.
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Purity asks for no external protection.
"December 26, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 448.
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Our greatest enemy is not the foreigner, nor anyone else. We ourselves, that is, our desires, are our enemies.
"December 27, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 448.
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He who does not want to be a slave of anyone, must become the slave of God.
"December 28, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 448.
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Violence must be abjured, for the good that it may seem to achieve is in appearance only, while the harm that it does is everlasting.
"December 29, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 448.
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Man is the image of his thoughts.
"December 30, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 449.
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True religion knows no territorial limits.
"December 31, 1945", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 449.
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Looking at a blank sheet of paper, one cannot say which is the obverse and which is the reverse side. So it is with nonﾭviolence and truth. The one cannot exist without the other.
"January 1, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 449.
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It would be considered deplorable if a dead man's body were to be buried in the same pit as the carcass of an animal. But on reflection it would appear that out of this action arises a happy stateﾗ the unity of all life is established.
"Kashi, January 2, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 449.
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Physical weakness is not the real weakness. Weakness of the mind alone is the real weakness.
"On Way To Sodepur, January 3, 1946", CWMG, vol. LXXXII, p. 449.
