If God had so wished, he would have made all Indians speak with one language ... the unity of India has been and shall always be a unity in diversity.

The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.

Children who are decked with prince's robes and who have jeweled chains round their necks lose all pleasure in play; their dress hampers them at every step. In fear that it may be frayed, or stained with dust, they keep themselves from the world and are afraid ever to move. Mother, it is no gain, thy bondage of finery, if it keep one shut off from the healthful dust of the earth, if it rob one of the right of entrance to the great fair of common human life.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

Oh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house—do not pass by like a dream.

The first flower that blossomed on this earth was an invitation to an unborn song.

for we women are not only the deities of the household fire, but the flame of the soul itself.