Temples are like spiritual hospitals, and the sinful, who are spiritually diseased, have the first right to be ministered to by them.

We, the English educated Indians, often unconsciously make the terrible mistake of thinking that the microscopic minority of the English-speaking Indians is the whole of India.

The Swaraj of my dream recognizes no race or religious distinctions.

We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor should we tremble at the thought of death. We should be equiminded towards death. This is the ideal. It may be long before we reach it, and only a few of us can attain it. Even then, we must keep it constantly in view, and the more difficult it seems of attainment, the greater should be the effort we put forth.

Violence begins with the fork.

That which you look upon as your own you may keep only so long as the world allows you to own it.

The world is weary of hate. We see the fatigue overcoming the Western nations.