I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.

I hold too that whatever may be true of other countries, a bloody revolution will not succeed in India.

Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realise what a tremendous advantage she has over man.

Life is an aspiration. Its mission is to strive after perfection, which is self-realization. The ideal must not be lowered because of our weaknesses or imperfections.

Faith is the function of the heart.

People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.