Never mind these failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a thousand times, make the attempt once more.

None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.

Whenever power is used for evil, it becomes diabolical; it must be used for good only.

All these ideas such as astrology, although there may be a grain of truth in them, should be avoided.

Let people say whatever they like, stick to your own convictions, and rest assured, the world will be at your feet. They say, "Have faith in this fellow or that fellow", but I say, "Have faith in yourself first", that's the way. Have faith in yourself-all power is in you-be conscious and bring it out. Say, "I can do everything."

I do not care what philosophy you take up; only I am ready to prove here that throughout the whole of India, there runs a mutual and cordial string of eternal faith in the perfection of humanity, and I believe in it myself. And let that faith be spread over the whole land.

A man must not only have faith but intellectual faith too. To make a man take up everything and believe it, would be to make him a lunatic.