If I am true to myself, if I am true to mankind, if I am true to humanity, I must understand all the faults that human flesh is heir to.

The cause is everything. Those even who are dearest to us must be shunted for the sake of the cause.

Hatred is never overcome by hatred but by love.

Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane.

True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.

It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are considered to be the custodians of Hinduism.

Dignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life.