Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.

Tolerance gives us spiritual insight, which is as far from fanaticism as the north pole is from the south.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind.

If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.

Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value.

Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.

Any young man, who makes dowry a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his country and dishonours womanhood.