“Freedom of mind is the real freedom.”

Life should be great rather than long.

It is disgraceful to live at the cost of one’s self-respect.

I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.

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.

Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it.

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

The Exclusion Principle is laid down purely for the benefit of the electrons themselves, who might be corrupted (and become dragons or demons) if allowed to associate too freely.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

I am the daughter of Black writers who are descended from Freedom Fighters who broke their chains and changed the world. They call me.

The bourgeoisie is many times stronger than we. To give it the weapon of freedom of the press is to ease the enemy’s cause, to help the class enemy. We do not desire to end in suicide, so we will not do this.

Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens.

Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition. Well, they are still radical ideas.