My varnashram refuses to bow the head before the greatest potentate on earth, but my varnashram compels me to bow down my head in all humility before knowledge, purity, before every person where I see God face to face.

I have found by experience that man makes his plans to be upset by God, but, at the same time, where the ultimate goal is the search of truth, on matter how a man's plans are frustrated the issue is never injurious and often better than anticipated.

Cow-slaughter and man-slaughter are in my opinion two sides of the same coin.

I cannot picture to myself a time when all mankind will have one religion.

The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.

Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power.

Prayer is an impossibility without a living faith in the presence of God within.