The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

It will be necessary for us Indians - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis and all others to whom India is their home - to recognize a common flag to live and die for.

I do not regard flesh-food as necessary for us at any stage and under any clime in which it is possible for human beings ordinarily to live, I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

I do not regard killing or assassination or terrorism as good in any circumstances whatsoever.

Just as a prayer may be merely a mechanical intonation as of a bird, so may a fast be a mere mechanical torture of the flesh.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.