Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties.

H. G. Wells was not the only one to mention Churchill and Hitler in the same breath: "Churchill and Hitler are striving to change the nature of their respective countrymen by forcing and hammering violent methods on them. Man may be suppressed in this manner but he cannot be changed. Ahimsa [non-violence in the Hindu tradition], on the other hand, can change human nature and sooner than men like Churchill and Hitler."

I still somehow or other fancy that "my philosophy" represents the true meaning of the teaching of the Gita.

Whomsoever you follow, howsoever great, see to it that you follow the spirit of the master and not imitate him mechanically.

A rose will smell as sweet by any other name, but it must be the rose of liberty that I want and not the artificial product.

On India rests the burden of pointing the way to all the exploited races of the earth.

Democracy, disciplined and enlightened, is the finest thing in the world.