It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

Today I know that physical training should have as much place in the curriculum as mental training.

Every single act of one who would lead a life of purity should be in the nature of yajna.

The whole existence of man is a ceaseless duel between the forces of life and death.

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

Hinduism is a living organism liable to growth and decay subject to the laws of Nature. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. The changes in the season affect it. It has its autumn and its summer, its winter and its spring. It is, and is not, based on scriptures. It does not derive its authority from one book. Non violence has found the highest expression and application in Hinduism.

The aim of university education should be to turn out true servants of the people who will live and die for the country's freedom.