Even the lowest of the Hindus, the Pariah, has less of the brute in him than a Briton in a similar social status.

Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church or temple.

Religion for a long time has come to be static in India. What we want is to make it dynamic. I want it to be brought into the life of everybody.

Every idea has to become broad till it covers the whole of this world, every aspiration must go on increasing till it has engulfed the whole of humanity, nay, the whole of life, within its scope.

Books never make religions, but religions make books. We must not forget that. No book ever created God, but God inspired all the great books. And no book ever created a soul.

Love conquers in the long run. It won't do to become impatient - wait, wait - patience is bound to give success. . . .

Oh, to live even for a day in the full light of freedom, to breathe the free air of simplicity! Isn't that the highest purity?