A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.

The purpose of life is undoubtedly to know oneself. We cannot do it unless we learn to identify ourselves with all that lives. The sum-total of that life is God.

An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazoned for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.

Seeming failure is not of the law of satyagrahabut of incompetence of the satyagrahi by whatever cause induced.

They might kill me but they cannot kill Gandhism. If truth can be killed, Gandhism can be killed.

If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.

Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.