Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.

The weapon of nonviolence does not need supermen or superwomen to wield it; even beings of common clay can use it and have used it before this with success.

Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul.

For me the present is merged in eternity. I may not sacrifice the latter for the present.

History supplied numerous instances to prove that brute force is as nothing before soul-force.

Anything which is a hindrance to the fight of the soul is a delusion and a snare, even like the body which often does hinder you in the path of salvation.

Of all the myriads of God, Daridranarayana is the most sacred inasmuch as it represents the untold millions of the poor people as distinguished from the few rich people.