No nation keeps another in subjection without herself turning into a subject nation.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence

Of all the superstitions that affect India, none is so great as that a knowledge of the English language is necessary for imbibing ideas of liberty and developing accuracy to thought.

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

The external freedom won't be given to us but in the exact measure as we've known at a given moment, to developing our internal freedom.