Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?

I do not like the word tolerance, but could not think of a better one. Tolerance implies a gratuitous assumption of the inferiority of other faiths to one

God, who is the embodiment of Truth and Right and Justice, can never have sanctioned a religion or practice which regards one - fifth of our vast population as untouchables.

Schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for the Government.

For me popular violence is as much an obstruction in our path as the Government violence.

By using violence to subjugate one another we are using violence against our own souls.

Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.