It is a heavy downpour of rain which drenches the soil to fullness; likewise only a profuse shower of love can overcome hatred.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

It took Britain half the resources of the planet to achieve its prosperity; how many planets will a country like India require?

For me popular violence is as much an obstruction in our path as the Government violence.

No reform is possible unless some of the educated and the rich voluntarily accept the status of the poor, travel third, refuse to enjoy the amenities denied to the poor and, instead of taking avoidable hardships, discourtesies and injustice as a matter of course, fight for their removal.

Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India.

Faith is the function of the heart.