Let new India arise out of peasants' cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.

The Buddhists or the Jains do not depend upon God; but the whole force of their religion is directed to the great central truth in every religion, to evolve a God out of man. They have not seen the Father, but they have seen the Son. And he that hath seen the Son hath seen the Father also.

Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of yore. First, learn to obey. The command will come by itself. Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master.

Man has wanted to look beyond, wanted to expand himself; and all that we call progress, evolution, has been always measured by that one search, the search for human destiny, the search for God.

Give me few men and women who are pure and selfless and I shall shake the world.

Religion in India must be made as free and as easy of access as is God's air.

God is present in every Jiva; there is no other God besides that. Who serves Jiva serves God indeed.