Religion should be dearer than life itself.

Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses, to a sense of their dignity and power. This can only be done by enabling them to realise that they need not fear brute force, if they but know the soul within.

The goal ever recedes from us. The greater the progress the greater the recognition of our unworthiness. Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.

The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for each

A man or a woman who serves the country with all his or her heart stands on par with the tallest Congress-man.

I do not regard killing or assassination or terrorism as good in any circumstances whatsoever.

Khaddar is an activity that can absorb all the time of all available men and women and grown-up children, if they have faith.