If our ahimsa is not of the brave but of the weak, and if it will bend the knee before himsa, Gandhism deserves to be destroyed.

Fear of disease killed more men than disease itself.

It took Britain half the resources of the planet to achieve its prosperity; how many planets will a country like India require?

Whoever is victor, there should be, after the war, a commonwealth of all nations.

Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.

The story of the creation and similar things in it did not impress me very much, but on the contrary made me incline somewhat towards atheism.

I call myself a labourer because I take pride in calling myself a spinner, weaver, farmer and scavenger.