It is no religion to have for one's wife a girl who is fit only to sit in one's lap, it is the height of irreligion.

Dharma is that which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appeals to the heart.

My nationalism is as broad as my swadeshi, I want India's rise so that the whole world may benefit.

The seeker is at liberty to extract from this treasure any meaning he likes, so as to enable him to enforce in his life the central teaching.

To me God is truth and love, God is ethics and morality, God is fearlessness.

My own veneration for other faiths is the same as that for my own faith; therefore no thought of conversion is possible

A fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dishonoured.