Even Ramanama is by itself lifeless, but it has become a living symbol of the deity because millions of people have consecrated it.

After long study and experience, I have come to the conclusion that (1) all religions are true; (2) all religions have some error in them; (3) all religions are almost as dear to me as my own Hinduism, in as much as all human beings should be as dear to one as one's own close relatives.

No labour is too mean for one who wants to earn an honest penny.

Swaraj means, a state such that we can maintain our separate existence without the presence of the English.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

We stand on the threshold of a twilight-whether morning or evening we do not know. One is followed by the night, the other heralds the dawn.

Widowhood imposed by religion or custom is an unbearable yoke and defiles the home by secret vice and degrades religion.