The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.

I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical standpoint.

Rama, Allah and God are to me convertible terms.

Life is one indivisible whole.

Democracy is an impossible thing until the power is shared by all, but let not democracy degenerate into mobocracy.

I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.