I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.

There is little that separates humans from other sentient beings - we all feel joy, we all deeply crave to be alive and to live freely, and we all share this planet together.

Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul. We have no eye for these great and fine discoveries. We are dazzled by the material progress that Western science has made. Ancient India has survived because Hinduism was not developed along material but spiritual lines.

Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.

To a pure heart all hearts are pure.

If untouchability is an integral part of Hinduism, the latter is a spent bullet.

A civilization based on nonviolence must be different from that organized for violence.