“I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.”

“I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.”

“Wherever you are you will always be in my heart.”

“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.”

“Kita harus menjadi perubahan yang ingin kita lihat dari dunia.”

“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.” 

“The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.”

“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.” 

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated.”

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world’

“the weak are always apt to be revengeful.”

“My difficulties lay deeper. It was more than I could believe that Jesus was the only incarnate son of God, and that only he who believed in him would have everlasting life. If God could have sons, all of us were His sons. If Jesus was like God, or God Himself, then all men were like God and could be God Himself. My reason was not ready to believe literally that Jesus by his death and by his blood redeemed the sins of the world. Metaphorically there might be some truth in it. Again, according to Christianity only human beings had souls, and not other living beings, for whom death meant complete extinction; while I held a contrary belief. I could accept Jesus as a martyr, an embodiment of sacrifice, and a divine teacher, but not as the most perfect man ever born. His death on the Cross was a great example to the world, but that there was anything like a mysterious or miraculous virtue in it my heart could not accept. The pious lives of Christians did not give me anything that the lives of men of other faiths had failed to give. I had seen in other lives just the same reformation that I had heard of among Christians. Philosophically there was nothing extraordinary in Christian principles. From the point of view of sacrifice, it seemed to me that the Hindus greatly surpassed the Christians. It was impossible for me to regard Christianity as a perfect religion or the greatest of all religions.”

“I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher”

“The terrible sacrifice offered to Kali in the name of religion enhanced my desire to know Bengali”

“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary."