Quotes from Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

You cannot expect any rational thought from a religious man. He is like a rocking log in water.

Many crores of rupees are squandered in this country by way offering gratitude to God and bribing Him to gain greater and greater wealth.

Religious devotion is for the individual. Character is for all. There is no loss if there is no devotion. Everything is lost if there is no character.

Whomsoever I love and hate, my principle is the same. That is, the educated, the rich and the administrators should not suck the blood of the poor.

The proper task of social reform is to remove poverty from society and to ensure that people do not sell their conscience to make a living.

Women in India experience much worse suffering, humiliation and slavery in all spheres than even the untouchables.

Only education, self-respect and rational qualities will uplift the down-trodden.