We are the makers of our own state and...individuals who realize the fact need not, ought not, to wait for collective action.

My national service is part of my training for freeing my soul from the bondage of the flesh.

[It] is impossible for us to establish a living vital connection with the masses unless we will work for them, through them and in their midst, not as their patrons but as their servants.

Confession of one's guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.

The way of mutual strife and exclusiveness is the only way to perdition and slavery.

I cannot think of permanent enmity between man and man, and believing as I do in the theory of reincarnation, I live in the hope that if not in this birth, in some other birth I shall be able to hug all of humanity in friendly embrace.

Swadeshism is not a cult of hatred. It is a doctrine of selfless service that has its roots in the purest ahimsa, i.e. love.