To master oneself is a harder and nobler conquest than to master an army.

Mahavira taught that the smallest creature's pain matters as much as our own comfort.

महावीर जयंती हमें स्मरण कराए कि शांति संघर्ष के अभाव में नहीं, अनुशासित हृदय की उपस्थिति में मिलती है।

The Tirthankara's teaching is simple to say and lifelong to practice: harm nothing, hoard nothing, hide nothing.

Mahavira's crown was not gold — it was the total absence of desire for one.