Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal.

The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.

A correct diagnosis is three-fourths the remedy.

There are unjust laws as there are unjust men.

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.

India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).

We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.