I have nothing of the communalist in me because my Hinduism is all inclusive.

Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.

I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loincloths and towels and my reputation, which cannot be worth much.

Why should men arrogate to themselves the right to regulate female purity?

True knowledge gives a moral standing and moral strength.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

Nothing once begun should be abandoned, unless it is proved to be morally wrong.