Let a man go down as low as possible; there must come a time when out of sheer desperation he will take an upward curve and will learn to have faith in himself.

Renunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature unconsciously.

Our supreme duty is to advance toward freedom - physical, mental, and spiritual - and help others to do so.

It's the coward who says, 'This is fate'...It's the strong who stands up & says 'I will make my fate'

Let new India arise out of peasants' cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.

To cowards what advice shall I offer? - nothing whatsoever have I to say.

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.