Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

Nothing is impossible for pure love.

If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!

The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.