A man can give up a right, but he may not give up a duty without being guilty of a grave dereliction.

Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal.

By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit.

Even if the whole of India, ranged on one side, were to declare that Hindu-Muslim unity is impossible, I will declare that it is perfectly possible.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world.

Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow labourers and not be self-seeking.