Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.

Every calamity should lead to a thorough cleansing of individual as well as social life.

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 know of no religion or sect that has done or is doing without a house of God, variously described as a temple, a mosque, a church, a synagogue or agiary.

My Rama, the Rama of our prayers, is not the historical Rama, the son of Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya.

If we want to impart education best suited to the needs of the villagers, we should take the vidyapith to the villages.

I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.