Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.

A poet is one who can call forth the good latent in the human beast.

The one condition for fighting for peace and liberty is to acquire self-restraint.

To reject the necessity of temples is to reject the necessity of God, religion and earthly existence.

It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honor, his religion, his soul and lay the foundation for the empire's fall or its regeneration.

God chooses as His instrument the humblest and weakest of His creatures to fulfill Himself.

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.