A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.

God created man to work for his food and said that those who ate without work were thieves.

Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. Knowledge is limitless and so also the application of truth. Everyday we add to our knowledge of the power of Atman (soul) and we shall keep on doing so.

There is a world-wide conflict between capital and labour, and the poor envy the rich.

For the courage of self-sacrifice, woman is any time superior to man, as I believe man is to woman for the courage of the brute.

Newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.

Whilst I may not actually help anyone to retaliate, I must not let a coward seek shelter behind nonviolence so-called. Not knowing the stuff of which nonviolence is made, many have honestly believed that running away from danger every time was a virtue compared to offering resistance, especially when it was fraught with danger to one's life. As a teacher of nonviolence I must, so far as it is possible for me, guard against such an unmanly belief.