I do believe that ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

My varnashram refuses to bow the head before the greatest potentate on earth, but my varnashram compels me to bow down my head in all humility before knowledge, purity, before every person where I see God face to face.

What is truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the 'voice within' tells you.

The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence.

In the days of democracy there is no such thing as active loyalty to a person. You are, therefore, loyal or disloyal to institutions.

Deeds and seeds, take their own time to fructify.