Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.

If we had attained the full vision of Truth, we would no longer be seekers, but become one with God, for Truth is God.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor.

There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.

My national service is part of my training for freeing my soul from the bondage of the flesh.

It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even mortal persecution.