The whole world is in the throes of a new birth. Anything done for a temporary gain would be tantamount to an abortion.

He who trusts has never yet lost in the world. A suspicious man is lost to himself and the eworld.... Suspicion is of the brood of violence. Non-violence cannot but trust.

Every moment of my existence is dedicated to the winning of Swaraj by means of truth and nonviolence.

It is the function of God Rama to destroy evil, wherever it occurs and it is equally the function of God Rama to give to his devotees like Bibhishana a free charter of irrevocable self-government.

Political power means the capacity to regulate national life through national representatives.

Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.

I came alone in this world, I have walked alone in the valley of the shadow of death, and I shall quit alone when the time comes.