“Life should be great rather than long.”

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.

A safe army is better than a safe border.

Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.

Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.

For an individual as well as for a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help!

Caste is a state of mind. It is a disease of mind.

Victory is always with economics.

Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.

Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

Greatness comes by beginning something that doesn’t end with you.

What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!

Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

Here saw I a great oneing betwixt Christ and us, to mine understanding: for when He was in pain, we were in pain.

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed – Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.