Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible.

If I did not have a sense of humor, I would have long ago killed myself.

War knows no law except that of might.

Hinduism is like the Ganga, pure and unsullied at its source but taking in its course the impurities in the way. Even like the Ganga it is beneficent in its total effect. It takes a provincial form in every province, but the inner substance is retained everywhere.

The fragrance of nonviolence was never sweeter than it was today amidst the stink of violence of the most cowardly type that was being displayed in the cities of India.

It is beneath human dignity to lose one's individuality and become a mere cog in the machine.

Love and ahimsa are matchless in their effect.