Unity, to be real, must stand the severest strain without breaking.

Even the most sublime ideas sound ridiculous if heard too often. Be the change that you want to see in the world.

God forbid that India should ever become a military nation, which would be a menace to the peace of the world, and yet if things went on as they were doing, what hope was there for India and, therefore, for the world?

The elephant needs a thousand times more food than the ant but that is not an indication of inequality.

Means are ends in the making

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help.