Everything we do is futile, but we must do it anyway.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

Nationalism, like virtue, has its own reward.

All religions teach that two opposite forces act upon us and the human endeavour consists in a series of eternal rejections and acceptances.

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.

All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.

A devotee of Rama may be said to be the same as the steadfast one (sthitaprajnya) of the Gita.