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.

A slave-holder cannot hold a slave without putting himself or his deputy in the cage for holding the slave.

My varnashram refuses to bow the head before the greatest potentate on earth, but my varnashram compels me to bow down my head in all humility before knowledge, purity, before every person where I see God face to face.

It will be necessary for us Indians - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis and all others to whom India is their home - to recognize a common flag to live and die for.

All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities.

Satyagraha is a force that has come to stay. No force in the world can kill it.

The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous beasts and poisonous reptiles because of our ignorance.