I know that I have still before me a difficult path to traverse. I must reduce myself to zero. So long as a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him. Ahimsa is the farthest limit of humility.

Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?

My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers.

I swear by swadeshi as it affords occasion for ample exercise of all our faculties and it tests every one of the millions of men and women, young and old.

Go for the throat. If you cant, go for the nads.

Languages proclaim that woman is half of man, and by parity of reasoning, man is half of woman.

Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.