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

Let us, by praying, purify ourselves and we shall not only remove untouchability but shall also hasten the advent of Swaraj.

Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences, however sharp they be.

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. . . . In a gentle way you can shake the world.

A straight fight in an equal battle takes some bravery, but braver is he who, knowing that he would have to sacrifice ninety-five as against five of the enemy, faces death.

True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.