... when all violence subsides in the human heart, the state which remains is love. It is not something we have to acquire; it is always present, and needs only to be uncovered. This is our real nature, not merely to love one person here, another there, but to be love itself.

A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.

My Hinduism must be a very poor thing if it cannot flourish even under the most adverse influence.

The hater hates not for the sake of hatred but because he wants to drive away from his country the hated being or beings.

I must try to live in society and yet remain untouched by its pitfalls.

True religion being the greatest thing in life and in the world, has been exploited the most.

A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.