Even if the whole of India, ranged on one side, were to declare that Hindu-Muslim unity is impossible, I will declare that it is perfectly possible.

I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.

No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

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."

Prayer is no mere exercise of words or of the ears, it is no mere repetition of empty formula.

Freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day.