I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Study not man in his animal nature - man following the laws of the jungle - but study man in all his glory.

...service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of public opinion, it stunts the man and crushes his spirit. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority.

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

I want for India complete independence in the full English sense of that English term.

To a hungry man, a piece of bread is the face of God.