A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.

I cannot picture to myself a time when all mankind will have one religion.

A man can give up a right, but he may not give up a duty without being guilty of a grave dereliction.

If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!

In battling against untouchability, and in dedicating myself to that battle, I have no less an ambition than to see a full regeneration of humanity.

People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.

Responsibility will mellow and sober the youth and prepare them, for the burden they must discharge.