Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.

Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.

Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.

Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.

If all simply insist on rights and no duties, there will be utter confusion and chaos.

The removal of untouchability is a question of the purification of Hinduism.