I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help it but to present to you the names of (Hazrat) Abu Bakar (RA) and (Hazrat) Umar Farooq (RA). They were leaders of a vast Empire, yet they lived a life of austerity.

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

As the elephant is powerless to think in the terms of the ant, in spite of the best intentions in the world, even so is the Englishman powerless to think in the terms of, or legislate for, the Indian.

I well remember how the thoughts I had up to the time of my discharge from the jail on every occasion were modified immediately after discharge, and after getting first-hand information myself. Somehow or other the jail atmosphere does not allow you to have all the bearings in your mind.

The safest rule of conduct is to claim kinship when we want to do service and not to insist on kinship when we want to assert a right.

The right to err, which means the freedom to try experiments, is the universal condition of all progress.

That which impels man to do the right thing is God.