How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I who am the victor and not he, for he has failed in getting me to do what he wanted done.

The dry knowledge of the three R's is not even now, it can never be, a permanent part of the villagers' life.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

The yajna of our age and for us is the spinning wheel.

Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.

The removal of untouchability is a question of the purification of Hinduism.

Fight if you must on the path of righteousness and God will be with you.