One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

I had learnt at the onset not to carry on public work with borrowed money.

I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it.

Every truth is self-acting and possesses inherent strength.