I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation.

Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill.

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

I had learnt at the onset not to carry on public work with borrowed money.

What better book can there be than the book of humanity.

If it is man's privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter - dependent.

No labour is too mean for one who wants to earn an honest penny.