In this day of wonders no one will say that a thing or an idea is worthless because it is new. To say it is impossible because it is difficult is again not in consonance with the spirit of the age. Things undreamt of are daily being seen, the impossible is ever becoming possible.

Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.

As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings notwithstanding.

Once one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred is violence to the heart.

My only sanction is the love and affection in which you hold me. But it has its weaknesses, as it has its strengths.

In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.