The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.

There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.

Human life is a series of compromises, and it is not always easy to achieve in practice what one has found to be true in theory.

We are the makers of our own state and...individuals who realize the fact need not, ought not, to wait for collective action.

It would be a blunder of the first magnitude for the British to be a party, in any way whatsoever, to the division of India.

[It] is impossible for us to establish a living vital connection with the masses unless we will work for them, through them and in their midst, not as their patrons but as their servants.

For a non-violent person the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.