Cent percent swadeshi gives sufficient scope for the most insatiable ambition for service and a satisfaction of every kind of talent.

Whomsoever you follow, howsoever great, see to it that you follow the spirit of the master and not imitate him mechanically.

My method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant. I know that method to be infallible.

It is better to be charged with cowardice and weakness than to be guilty of denial of our oath and sin against God.

In the march towards Truth, anger, selfishness, hatred, etc., naturally give way, for otherwise Truth would be impossible to attain. A man who is swayed by passions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.

I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.

True nonviolence is mightier than the mightiest violence.