All education in a country has got to be demonstrably in promotion of the progress of the country in which it is given.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment.

Worship or prayer is not to be performed with the lips, but with the heart.

Ramanama is for the pure at heart and for those who want to attain purity and remain pure.

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

The sanyasa of the Gita will not tolerate complete cessation of activity.

First they ignore you, then they denounce you, and then they say that they knew what you were saying all the time.