“The Hindu civilisation is a diabolical contrivance to enslave humanity. Its proper name would be infamy.”

Religion, social status, and property are all sources of power and authority which one man has, to control the liberty of another.

Self-respect is the most vital factor in life.

Freedom of mind is the real freedom.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy.

Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.

The politics of communal majority are made by its own members born in it.

Democracy is not merely a form of Government. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellowmen.

Religion is for man and not man for religion.

To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties.

Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection.

Humans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.

Freedom of mind is the proof of one’s existence.

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual.

Learn to live in this world with self-respect.

We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

The triumph of the industrial arts will advance the cause of civilization more rapidly than its warmest advocates could have hoped, and contribute to the permanent prosperity and strength of the country far more than the most splendid victories of successful war.

Our way of life is at stake, our grandchildren are at stake, the future of civilization is at stake.

Our insatiable drive to rummage deep beneath the surface of the earth is a willful expansion of our dysfunctional civilization into Nature.

Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations could do the same. So why haven’t they come to Earth?

Man’s great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.

It is a curious thing. That every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

It is no longer possible to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis upon which it is based.

Perhaps my dynamite plants will put an end to war sooner than your [pacifist] congresses. On the day two army corps can annihilate each other in one second all civilized nations will recoil from war in horror.