Insistence on truth can come into play when one party practices untruth or injustice. Only then can love be tested. True friendship is put to the test only when one party disregards the obligation of friendship.

With me the connection between the cosmic phenomena and human behaviour is a living faith that draws me nearer to God, humbles me and makes me readier for facing Him.

Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane.

I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.

It is for us to make the effort. The result is always in God's hands.

I hold no man to be indispensable for the welfare of the country.