If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.

Thousands of animals (now billions) are butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. It cries vengeance upon all the human race.

Religious faith in the case of the Hindus has never been allowed to run counter to scientific laws, moreover the former is never made a condition for the knowledge they teach, but there are always scrupulously careful to take into consideration the possibility that by reason both the agnostic and atheist may attain truth in their own way. Such tolerance may be surprising to religious believers in the West, but it is an integral part of Vedantic belief.

I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.

The greatest human ideal is the great cause of bringing together the thoughts of Europe and Asia; the great soul of India will topple our world.

The theatre, like the fresco, is art fitted to its place. And therefore it is above all else the human art, the living art.

Every race, every art has its hypocrisy. The world is fed with a little truth and many lies.