Buddha renounced every worldly happiness because he wanted to share with the whole world his happiness which was to be had by men who sacrificed and suffered in the search for truth.

At the centre of nonviolence is a force which is self-acting.

We stand on the threshold of a twilight-whether morning or evening we do not know. One is followed by the night, the other heralds the dawn.

Whatever may be true of the other modes of warfare, insatyagraha it has been held that the causes for failure are to be sought within.

To get rid of the infatuation for English is one of the essentials of Swaraj.

Education in the understanding of citizenship is a short-term affair if we are honest and earnest.

That atomic energy though harnessed by American scientists and army men for destructive purposes may be utilised by other scientists for humanitarian purposes is undoubtedly within the realm of possibility. ... An incendiary uses fire for his destructive and nefarious purpose, a housewife makes daily use of it in preparing nourishing food for mankind.