I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.

I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection. 

Religion is a matter between the man and his Maker. 

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Give me blood and I will give you freedom!” One of his most quoted lines is from a speech that Bose delivered to the soldiers of Indian National Army that he commanded along with Mohan Singh.

Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorce from spiritual is body without soul.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.