Be the compromise you want to see in the world.

I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest good of the greatest number. The only real, dignified, human doctrine is the greatest good of all.

Ahimsa magnifies one's own defects, and minimizes those of the opponent. It regards the mole in one's own eye as a beam and the beam in the opponent's eye as a mole.

Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it.

I would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.

We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.

Let the content of Swaraj grow with the growth of national consciousness and aspirations.