There is no yajna (sacrifice) greater than spinning calculated to bring peace to the troubled spirit, to soothe the distracted student's mind, to spiritualize his life.

I would rather have India without education, if that is the price to be paid for making it dry.

If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton, even under medical advice, I would prefer death.

We must be the world we want to create.

My nonviolence is made of stern stuff. It is firmer than the firmest metal known to scientists.

The right to err, which means the freedom to try experiments, is the universal condition of all progress.

Satan's snares are mostly subtly laid and are the most tempting when the dividing line between right and wrong is so thin as to be imperceptible.