I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.

No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it.

No labour is too mean for one who wants to earn an honest penny.

A successful bloody revolution can only mean further misery for the masses.

The dry knowledge of the three R's is not even now, it can never be, a permanent part of the villagers' life.

Buddha renounced every worldly happiness because he wanted to share with the whole world his happiness which was to be had by men who sacrificed and suffered in the search for truth.

The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.