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The end is inherent in the means.
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I learnt from Hussein how to achieve victory while being oppressed.
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Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.
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I should wish to die if a man who is impure should parade his purity in front of me.
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All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.
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The fire of independence is burning just as bright in my breast as in the most fiery breast in this country, but ways and methods differ.
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The control of the palate is a valuable aid for the control of the mind.
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The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.
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As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.
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I cannot be subservient anywhere.
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Before we can aspire to guide the destinies of India, we shall have to adopt the habit of fearlessness.
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Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.
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Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else can in the world.
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Untouchability of foreign cloth is as much a virtue with all of us as untouchability of the suppressed classes must be a sin with every devout Hindu.
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The truth is that God is the force. He is the essence of life. He is pure and undefiled consciousness. He is eternal.
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A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.
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That atomic energy though harnessed by American scientists and army men for destructive purposes may be utilised by other scientists for humanitarian purposes is undoubtedly within the realm of possibility. ... An incendiary uses fire for his destructive and nefarious purpose, a housewife makes daily use of it in preparing nourishing food for mankind.
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What barrier is there that love cannot break?
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Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?
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Disorder and violence are, in fact, things that might check the pace of India's progress.
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Non-cooperation is a nation's determination to improve.
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My love of the British is equal to that of my own people.
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There is no 'as far as possible' on the question of untouchability. If it is to go, it must go in its entirety from the temples as from everywhere else.
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I have made the world's faith in God my own and as my faith is effaceable, I regard that faith as amounting to experience.