Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.

The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent.

A satyagrahi should have a living faith in God.

The fullest life is impossible without an immovable belief in a Living Law in obedience to which the whole universe moves.

The cottage industry of India had to perish in order that Lancashire might flourish.

Confession of one's guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.

If it was wrong to seek God in a stone, how was it right to seek Him in a book called the Gita, the Granth Sahib or the Koran?