Human life is a series of compromises, and it is not always easy to achieve in practice what one has found to be true in theory.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

The world is touched by sacrifice. It does not then discriminate about the merits of a cause. No so God - He is all seeing. He insists on the purity of the cause and on adequate sacrifice thereof.

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.

Before we can aspire to guide the destinies of India, we shall have to adopt the habit of fearlessness.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

If you take care of your immediate surroundings, the universe will take care of itself.