The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.

If fighting for the legislatures meant a sacrifice of truth and nonviolence, democracy would not be worth a moment's purchase.

The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.

For me popular violence is as much an obstruction in our path as the Government violence.

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms. To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions. So doing, we know ourselves.

Speed is irrelevant if you are going in the wrong direction.

Final Satyagraha is inconceivable without an honorable peace between the several communities composing the Indian nation.