We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength.

It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard flesh-food as necessary at any stage

The day a woman can walk freely on the roads at night, that day we can say that India has achieved independence

...service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of public opinion, it stunts the man and crushes his spirit. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

Fight if you must on the path of righteousness and God will be with you.

God has enabled man to distinguish between his sister, his mother, his daughter and his wife.

Though we are politically free, we are hardly free from the subtle domination of the West.