If I were over full of pity for the cow, I should sacrifice my life to save her but not take my brother's.

Cowards can never be moral.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

India will not be a helpless partner in her own exploitation and foreign domination.

It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent means.

I want co-operation between nations for the salvaging of civilization, but co-operation presupposes free nations worthy of co-operation.

Marriage must cease to be a matter of arrangement made by parents for money.