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.

If they are truly nonviolent, they must also realize that civil disobedience is an impossibility till the preliminary work of construction is done.

My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving the dear ones unprotected.

I have described Swaraj as Ramarajya and Ramarajya is an impossibility unless we have thousands of Sitas.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed � but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.