For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics.
The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence.
That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people’s servants.
The time is fast coming when politicians will cease to fear the religion of humanity and humanitarians will find entrance into political life indispensable for full service.
Cent percent swadeshi gives sufficient scope for the most insatiable ambition for service and a satisfaction of every kind of talent.
To end slavery, you must overcome the mental and physical inertia of the masses and quicken their intelligence and creative faculty.
The way of mutual strife and exclusiveness is the only way to perdition and slavery.
No one chains a slave without chaining himself.
A slave-holder cannot hold a slave without putting himself or his deputy in the cage for holding the slave.
When a slave begins to take pride in his fetters and hugs them like precious ornaments, the triumph of the slave-owner is complete.
Soul-force comes only through God’s grace and never descends upon a man who is a slave to lust.
The use of soul-force for turning stones into bread would have been considered, as it is still considered, as black magic.
History supplied numerous instances to prove that brute force is as nothing before soul-force.
Great causes cannot be served by intellectual equipment alone, they call for spiritual effort of soul-force.
The strength of the soul can defy a whole world in arms against it.
The force of the spirit is ever progressive and endless. Its full expression makes it unconquerable in the world.
Spiritual force is like any other force at the service of man.
Only living things bring living joy to the soul and must elevate it.
Anything which is a hindrance to the fight of the soul is a delusion and a snare, even like the body which often does hinder you in the path of salvation.
My soul refuses to be satisfied so long as it is a helpless witness of a single wrong or a single misery.