If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.

To shirk taking of vows betrays indecision and want of resolution.

If a man voluntarily allows himself to be crushed, he yields the oil of moral energy which sustains the world.

If you do nothing there will be no results

The final goal of all religions is to realise the essential oneness.

My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers.

Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.