Hatred is not essential for nationalism. Race hatred will kill the real national spirit.

It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words.

To me I seem to be constantly growing. I must respond to varying conditions, yet remain changeless within.

The Congress fights not with violent but with nonviolent means, however imperfect, however crude the nonviolence may be.

The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it make if we follow different routes, provided we arrive at the same destination?

You can't shake hands with a closed fist.

To get Swaraj is to get rid of our helplessness.