Absolute calm is not the law of ocean. And it is the same with the ocean of life.

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

The first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life.

I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.

My Swaraj takes note of bhangis, dheds, dublas and the weakest of the weak, and except the spinning wheel I know no other thing which befriends all these.

The line of demarcation between democracy and monocracy is often thin, but rigid and stronger than unbreakable steel.

Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification.