In India there is a common saying that the way to Swaraj is through Mandalay.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. There is nothing more potent than thought. Deed follows word and word follows thought. The word is the result of a mighty thought, and where the thought is mighty and pure the result is always mighty and pure.

The reaction that a ruthless dictator sets up in us either that of awe or pity according respectively as we react to him violently on nonviolently.

All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.

If I am true to myself, if I am true to mankind, if I am true to humanity, I must understand all the faults that human flesh is heir to.

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

Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it.