14 quotes
A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.
Posthumous publications (1950)
Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.
Posthumous publications (1950)
I do not regard Jainism or Buddhism as separate from Hinduism. Hinduism believes in the oneness not of merely all human life but in the oneness of all that lives.
Posthumous publications (1950)
I have no other wish in this world but to find light and joy and peace through Hinduism.
Posthumous publications (1950)
It is no use trying to fight these forces [of materialism] without giving up the idea of conversion, which I assure you is the deadliest poison which ever sapped the fountain of truth.
Posthumous publications (1950)
Hindu Dharma is like a boundless ocean teeming with priceless gems. The deeper you dive the more treasures you find.
Posthumous publications (1950)
I think I have understood Hinduism correctly when I say that it is eternal, all-embracing and flexible enough to suit all situations.
Posthumous publications (1950)
We were strangers to this sort of classification – ‘animists’, ‘aborigines’, etc., - but we have learnt it from English rulers.
Posthumous publications (1950)
If all the Punjabis were to die to the last man without killing, Punjab will be immortal. ... Offer yourselves as non-violent, willing sacrifices.
Posthumous publications (1950)
Conversion in the sense of self-purification, self-realization, is the crying need of the hour. That, however, is not what is meant by proselytising. To those who would convert India, might it not be said, ‘physician heal thyself’?
Posthumous publications (1950)
The police... should never go on strike. Theirs was an essential service and they should render that service, irrespective of their pay. There were several other effective and honourable means of getting grievances redressed.
Posthumous publications (1950)
I may defend a Muslim's stand that he is a Muslim first and an Indian afterwards , for I myself say that I am a Hindu first and am therefore a true Indian .
Posthumous publications (1950)
If Brahmanism does not revive, Hinduism must perish. [...] I will not like to live in an India which has ceased to be Hindu.
Posthumous publications (1950)
Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. Knowledge is limitless and so also the application of truth. Everyday we add to our knowledge of the power of Atman (soul) and we shall keep on doing so.
Posthumous publications (1950)