A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

All my experiments in Ahimsa have taught me that nonviolence in practice means common labour with the body.

God is the vital force or spirit which is all-pervading, all-embracing and, therefore, beyond human ken.

The press is called the Fourth Estate. It is definitely a power, but, to misuse that power is criminal.

I would risk violence a thousand times rather than risk the emasculation of the whole race.

I have recognized that the nation has the right, if it so wills, to vindicate her freedom even by actual violence.

...service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of public opinion, it stunts the man and crushes his spirit. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.