I have recognized that the nation has the right, if it so wills, to vindicate her freedom even by actual violence.

My interest in India's freedom will cease if she adopts violent means, for their fruit will not be freedom but slavery in disguise.

As soon as we become one with the ocean in the shape of God, there is no more rest for us, nor indeed do we need rest any longer.

Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals.

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.

Is the God of the Mahometan different from the God of the Hindu? Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal? Wherein is the cause for quarreling?

It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent means.