The beauty of poetry is that the creation transcends the poet.

Truth is transcendent. There are many expressions of it and ways to glimpse it. We cannot hold it in our clenched fist, but must hold it in our open palm and invite others to see it for themselves.

Such expression is impossible in a cramped atmosphere. As I have no desire to offer civil disobedience I cannot write freely. As the author of satyagraha I cannot, consistently with my profession, suppress the vital part of myself for the sake of being able to write on permissible subjects. ... It would be like dealing with the trunk without the head.

Worship or prayer is not to be performed with the lips, but with the heart.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

Education without courage is like a wax statue - beautiful to look at but bound to melt at the first touch of a hot stuff.

If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior