Genuine laughter is true eloquence and more effective than speech

There is no such thing as slow freedom. Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free we are slaves. All birth takes place in a moment.

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.

There can be in the eyes of God no distinction between man and man, even as there is no distinction between animal and animal.

A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.

That religion and that nation will be blotted out of the face of the earth which pins its faith on injustice, untruth or violence.

Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.