If we are not free, no one will respect us.

A teacher should have a creative mind.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

profane, not the shrine I have raised in the cleft of my heart.

 A country's greatness, sacrifice and love depend on the values of the country that it holds.

Whenever there is coercion it is better to vanish things. And if you're stronger than you should help the weaker ones.

t doesn't matter from which caste, creed or culture one belongs, what matters is that everyone is a citizen of India and there should only be pride in that they are Indian.

The new has come and now the old retires. And so the past becomes a mountain cell. Where lone apart old hermit memories dwell.

The nations that in fettered darkness we. Crave thee to lead them where great morning break.

Shall hope prevail where clamorous hate is a rite?

Oh, we want a new breed of men before India can be cleansed of her disease.

My heart is very weary and sad and alone, For its dreams like the fluttering leaves have gone, And why should I say behind.

One needs a Seer’s Vision and an angel’s voice to be of any avail. I do not know of any Indian man or woman today who has those gifts in their most complete measure.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, eater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

Men, money and material cannot by themselves bring victory or freedom. We must have the motive-power that will inspire us to brave deeds and heroic exploits."

One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.

No Hindu community, however low, will touch cow's flesh. On the other hand, there is no community which is really an Untouchable community which has not something to do with the dead cow. Some eat her flesh, some remove the skin, some manufacture articles out of her skin and bones.

The food habits of the different classes of Hindus have been as fixed and stratified as their cults. Just as Hindus can be classified on their basis of their cults, so also they can be classified on the basis of their habits of food.

The reason why Broken Men only became Untouchables was because in addition to being Buddhists, they retained their habit of beef-eating, which gave additional ground for offence to the Brahmins to carry their new-found love and reverence to the cow to its logical conclusion.

The Touchables, whether they are vegetarians or flesh-eaters, are united in their objection to eat cow's flesh. As against them stand the Untouchables, who eat cow's flesh without compunction and as a matter of course and habit.

Generally speaking, the Smritikaras never care to explain the why and the how of their dogs.

Some men say that they should be satisfied with the abolition of untouchability only, leaving the caste system alone. The aim of abolition of untouchability alone without trying to abolish the inequalities inherent in the caste system is a rather low aim.

That the caste system must be abolished if the Hindu society is to be reconstructed on the basis of equality, goes without saying. Untouchability has its roots in the caste system. They cannot expect the Brahmins to rise in revolt against the caste system. Also we cannot rely upon the non-Brahmins and ask them to fight our battle.

One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.

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

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.

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.

However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.