All big things are made up of trifles. My entire life has been built on trifles.

The man has not the power to create life. Therefore, he has not either, the right to destroy it.

Let not the spirit wander while the words of prayer run on out of our mouth.

An India prostrate at the feet of Europe can give no hope to humanity.

...service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of public opinion, it stunts the man and crushes his spirit. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.

No reform is possible unless some of the educated and the rich voluntarily accept the status of the poor, travel third, refuse to enjoy the amenities denied to the poor and, instead of taking avoidable hardships, discourtesies and injustice as a matter of course, fight for their removal.