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.

I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death rather than kill him.

Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals?

Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.

For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.

The bomb-throwers have discredited the cause of freedom, in whose name they threw the bombs.

When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible.