By patriotism I mean the welfare of the whole people, if I secure it at the hands of my opponent, I should bow down my head to him.

Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.

The quest of Truth involves tapas-self-suffering-sometimes even unto death.

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

Is not labour, like learning, its own reward?

I know that man who forsakes Truth can forsake his country and his nearest and dearest ones.

Hatred ever kills, love never dies. Such is the vast difference between the two... The duty of a human being is to diminish hatred and to promote love.