Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul. We have no eye for these great and fine discoveries. We are dazzled by the material progress that Western science has made. Ancient India has survived because Hinduism was not developed along material but spiritual lines.

Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.

Individual liberty and interdependence are both essential for life in society.

Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

Let not the spirit wander while the words of prayer run on out of our mouth.

Every woman will tell the curious that with the disappearance of the spinning wheel vanished India's happiness and prosperity.

I must try to live in society and yet remain untouched by its pitfalls.