Politics bereft of religion is absolute dirt, ever to be shunned.

My modesty has prevented me from declaring from the house top that the message of non-co-operation, nonviolence and swadeshi is a message to the world.

I eat to live, to serve, and also, if it so happens, to enjoy, but I do not eat for the sake of enjoyment.

Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.

Many persons claiming different faiths make us one and an indivisible nation. All these have an equal claim to be the nationals of India.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

The man of prayer will be at peace with himself and with the whole world.