The ideal is a synthesis of the different cultures that have come to stay in India, that have influenced Indian life, and that, in their turn, have themselves been influenced by the spirit of the soil.

Do not worry about what others are doing! Each of us should turn the searchlight inward and purify his or her own heart as much as possible.

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

No two leaves were alike, and yet there is no antagonism between them or between the branches on which they grow.

Find yourself by losing yourself for others.

All great religions have rightly regarded kama as the arch-enemy of man, anger or hatred coming only in the second place.

Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.