The press is called the Fourth Estate. It is definitely a power, but, to misuse that power is criminal.

Englishmen must learn to be Brahmins, not banias.

Do not believe in telling people of one's faith, especially with a view to conversion. Faith must be lived, and when it is, it becomes self-propagating

Where there is truth, there also is knowledge which is true.

I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation.

My faith in non-co-operation is as bright as ever.

The soul of India lives in its villages.