I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.
Religion is for man and not man for religion.
If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it, which is not found in any other religion.
Life should be great rather than long.
My definition of democracy is – A form and a method of Government whereby revolutionary changes in the social life are brought about without bloodshed. That is the real test. It is perhaps the severest test. But when you are judging the quality of the material you must put it to the severest test.
Learn to live in this world with self-respect.
Constitution is not a mere lawyers’ document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the Age.
If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help!
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man’s life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar.
Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.
If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.
Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.
History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics.
Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them.
Freedom of mind is the proof of one’s existence.
The Hindu civilisation is a diabolical contrivance to enslave humanity. Its proper name would be infamy.
The question is not whether a community lives or dies, the question is on what plane does it live? There are different modes of survival. But all are not equally honorable.