The external is in no way the essence of religion, but the external often proclaims the internal.

Service without humility is selfishness and egotism.

Our struggle consists in showing that our nonviolence is neither a cloak to hide our violence or hatred, nor a preparation for violence in the near or distant future.

Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words.

I am wedded to India because I owe my all to her.

This civilization is such that one has only to be patient and it will be self-destroyed.

A selfish basis would not serve the purpose of taking a man higher and higher along the paths of evolution.