Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.

A man cannot serve God and Mammon, nor be "temperate and furious" at the same time.

Time is wealth, and the Gita says the Great Annihilator annihilates those who waste time.

If God holds me to be a pure instrument for the spread of nonviolence in place of the awful violence now ruling the earth, He will give me the strength and show me the way.

No agreement between the British and Muslims can affect me. An agreement between Hindus and Muslims alone will affect me.

My nonviolence is made of stern stuff. It is firmer than the firmest metal known to scientists.

Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what purpose?'