Nothing can be more hurtful to an honourable man than that he should be accused of bad faith.

Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul. We have no eye for these great and fine discoveries. We are dazzled by the material progress that Western science has made. Ancient India has survived because Hinduism was not developed along material but spiritual lines.

Hunger is the argument that is driving India to the spinning wheel.

I recall having read, at the brothers' instance, Madame Blavatsky's Key to Theosophy. This book stimulated in me the desire to read books on Hinduism, and disabused me of the notion fostered by the missionaries that Hinduism was rife with superstition.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

Every affliction has its own rich lesson to teach, if we would learn it.

I came to the conclusion long ago . . . that all religions were true, and also that all had some error in them.