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

Could there be a greater proof of our cowardice than fighting amongst ourselves?

We are aware that the business of Swaraj will thrive only if the boycott of foreign cloth is successful.

If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.

We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor.

Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine.

Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence.