My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines.

It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.

The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves.

Could there be a greater proof of our cowardice than fighting amongst ourselves?

I claim to be no more than the average person with less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

Non-cooperation is beyond the reach of the bayonet. It has found an abiding place in the Indian heart. Workers like me will go when the hour has struck, but non-cooperation will remain.

I have found that life persists in the midst of destruction and, therefore, there must be a higher law than that of destruction. Only under that law would a well-ordered society be intelligible and life worth living.