Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.

A devotee of Rama may be said to be the same as the steadfast one (sthitaprajnya) of the Gita.

The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.

God alone is truth, everything else is transitory and illusory.

Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.

Literary education must follow the education of the hand -the one gift that distinguishes man from beast.