I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things.

For me, the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore, they are equally true, though being received and interpreted through human instruments equally imperfect.

The spirit of democracy cannot be superimposed from the outside. It must come from within.

Hinduism dies if untouchability lives, and untouchability has to die if Hinduism is to live.

In times to come people will not judge us by the creed we profess or the label we wear or the slogans we shout, but, by our work, industry, sacrifice, honesty and purity of character.

Let the villages of the future live in our imagination, so that we might one day come to live in them!

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.