Love based upon indulgence of animal passion, is at best a selfish affair, and likely to snap under the slightest strain.

If we would be pure, if we would save Hinduism, we must rid ourselves of this poison of enforced widowhood.

I suffer snakes to be killed in the ashram when it is impossible to catch them and put them out of harm's way.

We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

The golden way is to be friends with the world and to regard the whole human family as one.

Self-respect knows no considerations.