Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.

I call myself a Sanatani Eternal Hindu, because I believe in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, and all that goes by the name of Hindu scripture, and therefore in avataras and rebirth.

True material welfare is never inconsistent with performance of religious obligations.

One hour spent in spinning should be an hour of self-development for the spinner.

The art of producing good music from a cultivated voice can be achieved by many, but the art of producing that music from the harmony of a pure life is achieved very rarely.

Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.

A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.