The body cannot be the soul.

Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.

My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.

All the work you do, is done for your own salvation, is done for your own benefit.

Self-sacrifice, not self-assertion, is the law of the highest universe.

Our supreme duty is to advance toward freedom - physical, mental, and spiritual - and help others to do so.

The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful

Put God behind everything-human beings, animals, food, and work. Make this a habit.

Please everyone without becoming a hypocrite or a coward.

Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.

The mistake is that we cling to the body when it is the spirit that is really immortal.

Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

There is no virtue higher than non-injury.

You must keep a strict eye on your health; let everything else be subordinated to that.

Manpower without Unity is not a strength unless it is harmonized and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power.

It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country is free and to defend its freedom is his duty. Every Indian should now forget that he is a Rajput, a Sikh or a Jat. He must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain duties.

Even if we lose the wealth of thousands, and our life is sacrificed, we...should keep smiling and be cheerful keeping our faith in God and Truth.

Independent India's leaders will neither use a foreign language nor rule from a remote place.