Let our first act each morning be the following resolve: I shall not fear anyone on Earth. I shall fear only God.

Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.

The only safe and honorable course for a self-respecting man is to do what I have decided to do, that is, to submit without protest to the penalty of disobedience ... not for want of respect for lawful authority, but in obedience to the higher law of our being, the voice of conscience.

There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.

The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.

Hinduism is not a codified religion.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.