I eat to live, to serve, and also, if it so happens, to enjoy, but I do not eat for the sake of enjoyment.

The fire of independence is burning just as bright in my breast as in the most fiery breast in this country, but ways and methods differ.

A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb.

Anything which is a hindrance to the fight of the soul is a delusion and a snare, even like the body which often does hinder you in the path of salvation.

Crime and vice generally require darkness for prowling. They disappear when light plays upon them.

I can neither serve God nor humanity if as an Indian I do not serve India, and as a Hindu I do not serve Indian Mussalmans.

Capital exploits the labour of a few to multiply itself.