I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell, to sacrifice my freedom, in order to show you how deeply I care. Because when you see the depth of my concern, and how civil I am in going about this, you're bound to change your mind about me, to abandon your rigid, unjust position, and to let me help you see the truth of my cause.

A nation that is unfit to fight cannot, from experience, prove the virtue of not fighting.

I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it.

Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.

The renunciation of the Gita is the acid test of faith.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

When we fear God, then we shall fear no man, however high-placed he may be.