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

The powers of the mind should be concentrated and the mind turned back upon itself; as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the penetrating rays of the sun, so will the concentrated mind penetrate its own innermost secrets.

Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through the disinterested performance of action.

Many of us do not believe in any form of idolatry; but they have no right to object when others do it.

There is salvation only for the brave.

You nourish your minds by reading books. There is no good in doing that unless you hold it also as a sacrifice to the whole world. For the whole world is one; you are rated a very insignificant part of it, and therefore it is right for you that you should serve your millions of brothers rather than aggrandise this little self

Come out into the Universe of Light. Everything in the Universe is Yours, stretch out your arms and Embrace it with Love