A country that is governed by its national army can never be morally free and, therefore, its so-called weakest member can never rise to his full moral height.

The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.

The day a woman can walk freely on the roads at night, that day we can say that India has achieved independence

Just think out for yourselves, if a man who was good yesterday has become bad after having come in contact with me, is he responsible that he has deteriorated or am I? ... It is well to take the blame sometimes.

If India becomes the slave of the machine, then, I say, heaven save the world.