Purification is never for the selfishly idle, it accrues only to the selflessly industrious.

Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.

The fragrance of religious and spiritual life is much finer and subtler than that of the rose.

This earthly existence of ours is more brittle that the glass bangles that ladies wear.

Nothing in the Shastra, which is manifestly contrary to universal truths and morals, can stand.

Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine.

One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.