Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of gravitation works whether we accept it or not.

The spinning wheel is the one thing to which all must turn to in the Indian clime for the transition stage at any rate and the vast majority must for all time.

We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor should we tremble at the thought of death. We should be equiminded towards death. This is the ideal. It may be long before we reach it, and only a few of us can attain it. Even then, we must keep it constantly in view, and the more difficult it seems of attainment, the greater should be the effort we put forth.

There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.

There is an indefinable mysterious Power that pervades everything.

Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights.