I think it is wrong to expect certainties in this world, where all else but God that is Truth is an uncertainty. All that appears and happens about and around us is uncertain, transient. But there is a Supreme Being hidden therein as a Certainty, and one would be blessed if one could catch a glimpse of that Certainty and hitch one's waggon to it. The quest for that Truth is the summum bonum of life.

Blind adoration, in the age of action, is perfectly valueless, is often embarrassing and, equally, often painful.

Truth is as hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.

Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt.

The whole of India was the home of every Indian who considered himself as one and behaved as such, no matter to what faith he belonged.