Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.

A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.

Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature.

My heart is drawn backwards and forwards between the spinning wheel and books.

No country can become a nation by producing a race of imitators.

Learning takes us through many states of life, but it fails utterly in the hour of danger and temptation. Then faith alone saves.

I call myself a Sanatani Eternal Hindu, because I believe in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, and all that goes by the name of Hindu scripture, and therefore in avataras and rebirth.