A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

I have no weapon but nonviolence.

Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?

Weeding is as necessary to agriculture as sowing.

For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.

The duty of motherhood, which the vast majority of woman will always undertake, requires the qualities which men need not possess.

What is impossible with man is child's play with God.