The idol in the temple is not God. But since God resides in every atom, He resides in that idol too.

What God may have enabled me to do is but a repayment of debt, and he who repays a debt deserves no praise.

I believe that the sum total of the energy of mankind is not to bring us down but to lift us up, and that is the result of the definite, if unconscious, working of the law of love. The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.

That I want to destroy British imperialism is another matter, but I want to do so by converting those who are associated with it.

For a firm believer in swadeshi, there need be no Pharisaical self-satisfaction in wearing khadi.

The idol in the temple is not God. But since God resides in every atom, He resides in that idol too.

The beauty of poetry is that the creation transcends the poet.