Swaraj will favour Hinduism no more than Islam, nor Islam more than Hinduism.

The nation cannot be kept on the nonviolent path by violence.

My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.

Let the villages of the future live in our imagination, so that we might one day come to live in them!

Religion is one tree with many branches. As branches, you may say, religions are many, but as a tree, religion is only one.

My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines.

We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?