The more I reflect and look back on the past, the more vividly do I feel my limitations.

It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly unsuitable to the Indian environment.

In the case of the Indian villager, an age-old culture is hidden under entrustment of crudeness.

My varnashram dharma teaches me that there must be some significance in the fact of my being born in India instead of in Europe.

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

Patience means self-suffering.

A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it.