I do not want my house to be rounded by walls and my windows to be closed to other cultures. I wish to become familiar with the culture of lands as much as possible but I will not permit them to affect me or shake me from my own status.

I would like to assure those who would serve Daridranarayana that there is music, art, economy and joy in the spinning wheel.

Non-co-operation is a movement intended to invite Englishmen to co-operate with us on honourable terms or retire from our land.

Women are special custodians of all that is pure and religious in life.

I do not accept the orthodox teaching that Jesus was or is God incarnate in the accepted sense or that he was or is the only Son of God.

The bravery of the nonviolent is vastly superior to that of the violent.

I refuse to believe that the tendency of human nature is always downward.