I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.

How heavy is the toll of sins and wrong that wealth, power and prestige exact from man.

A slave-holder cannot hold a slave without putting himself or his deputy in the cage for holding the slave.

Man is neither mere intellect not the gross animal body, nor the heart or soul alone.

A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.

Prayer is no mere exercise of words or of the ears, it is no mere repetition of empty formula.

I can neither serve God nor humanity if as an Indian I do not serve India, and as a Hindu I do not serve Indian Mussalmans.