I cannot imagine anything nobler or more national than that for, say, one hour in the day we should all do the labor the poor must do, and thus identify ourselves with them and through them, with all mankind.

It is necessary first to purify the drunken and dissolute worshippers in charge of some of these temples.

Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.

When a slave begins to take pride in his fetters and hugs them like precious ornaments, the triumph of the slave-owner is complete.

Study not man in his animal nature - man following the laws of the jungle - but study man in all his glory.

Swadeshism is not a cult of hatred. It is a doctrine of selfless service that has its roots in the purest ahimsa, i.e. love.

Selfishness is blind.