My varnashram dharma teaches me that there must be some significance in the fact of my being born in India instead of in Europe.

My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth

I should love to satisfy all, if I possibly can; but in trying to satisfy all, I may be able to satisfy none. I have, therefore, arrived at the conclusion that the best course is to satisfy one’s own conscience and leave the world to form its own judgment, favorable or otherwise.

It is degrading both for man and woman that woman should be called upon or induced to forsake the hearth and shoulder the rifle for the protection of that hearth.

It goes without saying that moderation and sobriety are of the very essence of vow-taking.

In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against Indian humanity.

Is not education the art of drawing out full manhood of the children under training?