Of all the superstitions that affect India, none is so great as that a knowledge of the English language is necessary for imbibing ideas of liberty and developing accuracy to thought.

Breach of promise is no less an act of insolvency than a refusal to pay one's debt.

To me Truth is God and there is no way to find Truth except the way of nonviolence.

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

A true life lived amongst the people is in itself an object-lesson that must produce its own effect upon immediate surroundings.

One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.

Life will not be a pyramid with the apex sustained by the bottom, but an oceanic circle whose centre will be the individual.