I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.

There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

Keep my word positive. Words become my behaviors. Keep my behaviors positive. Behaviors become my habits. Keep my habits positive. Habits become my values. Keep my values positive. Values become my destiny.

To find truth completely is to realize oneself and one's destiny, i.e. to become perfect.

Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business.

God demands nothing less than self - surrender as the price for the only real freedom that is worth having.