Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.

If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.

Life should be great rather than long.

Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.

Humans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.

Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.... Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions.

Though, I was born a Hindu, 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.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

A just society is that society in which ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society

Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

Religion is for man and not man for religion

A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar.

Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.... Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions.