My faith in truth and nonviolence is ever growing, and as I am ever trying to follow them in my life, I too am growing every moment.

Unity, to be real, must stand the severest strain without breaking.

Whatever else India may not be, she is at least one thing, She is the greatest storehouse of spiritual knowledge.

I would rather have India without education, if that is the price to be paid for making it dry.

How do you know if the next act you are about to do is the right one or the wrong one? Consider the face of the poorest and most vulnerable human being that you have ever chanced upon, and ask yourself if the act that you contemplate will be of benefit to that person; and if it will be, it's the right thing to do, and if not, rethink it.

Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue.

When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within.