There can be no Swaraj where there is no harmony, no music.

Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.

The only virtue I want to claim is truth and nonviolence.

It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.

A nation that is unfit to fight cannot, from experience, prove the virtue of not fighting.

In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against Indian humanity.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.