The spinning wheel is not meant to oust a single man or woman from his or her occupation.

For me, the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore, they are equally true, though being received and interpreted through human instruments equally imperfect.

Whilst power, superimposed, always needs the help of the police and the military, power generated from within should have little or no use of them.

At the individual level Swaraj is vitally connected with the capacity for dispassionate self-assessment , ceaseless self purification and growing self-reliance.... It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves

A person who has truly realized the principle of nonviolence has the God given strength for his weapon, and the world has not yet known anything that can match it.

To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the. . . gift of leadership.

Live every day like it is your last and learn everyday like you will live forever