1.
Our nation is like a tree of which the original trunk is swarajya and the branches are swadeshi and boycott.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Our nation is like a tree of which the foundation is independence and the limbs are self-sufficiency and abstention.
2.
Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it!
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
'Independence is my natural right, and I shall obtain it!'
3.
Religion and practical life are not different. To take sanyas (renunciation) is not to abandon life. The real spirit is to make the country, your family, work together instead of working only for your own. The step beyond is to serve humanity and the next step is to serve God.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4.
It may be providence's will that the cause I represent may prosper more by my suffering than by my remaining free.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
It may be that it is the destiny of the cause I stand for to benefit more from my tribulations than had I stayed unencumbered.
5.
The most practical teaching of the Gita, and one for which it is of abiding interest and value to the men of the world with whom life is a series of struggles, is not to give way to any morbid sentimentality when duty demands sternness and the boldness to face terrible things.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
6.
If we trace the history of any nation backwards into the past, we come at last to a period of myths and traditions which eventually fade away into impenetrable darkness.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
If we follow the lineage of any nation backwards in time, we come eventually to a period of stories and legends which ultimately evaporate into unfathomable obscurity.
7.
After all, our Killers are our ...Brothers!!??
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
'At the end of the day, our Killers are like family to us!!'
8.
The geologist takes up the history of the earth at the point where the archaeologist leaves it, and carries it further back into remote antiquity.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The geologist follows the trail of antiquity blazed by the archaeologist, and continues to explore further into ancient times.
