Any young man, who makes dowry a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his country and dishonours womanhood.

True education is that which proves useful in life and makes you industrious.

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.

I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help it but to present to you the names of (Hazrat) Abu Bakar (RA) and (Hazrat) Umar Farooq (RA). They were leaders of a vast Empire, yet they lived a life of austerity.

'Physician, heal thyself' is more true in matters religious than mundane.

I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.

Only the toad under the harrow knows where it pinches him.