I am a socialist not because I think it is a perfect system, but half a loaf is better than no bread. The other system has been tried and found wanting

If the Lord wills, we shall make this Math a great centre of harmony. Our Lord is the visible embodiment of the harmony of all ideals. He will be established on earth if we keep alive that spirit of harmony here. We must see to it that people of all creeds and sects, from the Brahmana down to the Chandala, may come here and find their respective ideals manifested.

Renunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature unconsciously.

Each nation has its own peculiar method of work. Some work through politics, some through social reforms, some through other lines. With us, religion is the only ground along which we can move.

The apparent man is only a limitation of that Real Man.

Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work - this is the only way. Go on; remember - patience and purity and courage and steady work. . . . So long as you are pure, and true to your principles, you will never fail.

One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom