The cause is everything. Those even who are dearest to us must be shunted for the sake of the cause.

Non-co-operation is a nation's determination to improve.

If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.

There is every reason for being cautious about founding new universities till India has digested Her newly acquired freedom.

Hunger is the argument that is driving India to the spinning wheel.

A man can give up a right, but he may not give up a duty without being guilty of a grave dereliction.

I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.