...service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of public opinion, it stunts the man and crushes his spirit. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

Truthful movements spontaneously attract to themselves all manner of pure and disinterested help.

Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together. True nonviolence is an impossibility without the possession of unadulterated fearlessness.

Self-respect knows no considerations.

My love of nationalism is that my country may become free, and if need be, the whole of the country die, so that the human race may live.

President means chief servant