A soldier fights with an irresistible strength when he has blown up his bridges and burnt his boats. Even so, it is with a soldier of ahimsa.

Disease increases in proportion to the increase in the number of doctors in a place.

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality.

We must break through the provincial crust if we are to reach the core of all-India nationalism.

Suffering cheerfully endured, ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into an ineffable joy.

My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all embracing. The conception of my patriotism is nothing if it is not always, in every case, without exception, consistent with the broadest good of humanity at large.

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.