Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

The meaning of prayer is that I want to evoke that Divinity within me.

I can combine the greatest love with the greatest opposition to wrong.

The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life.

A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.

In the Gita continuous concentration on God is the king of sacrifices.

... the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties driven asunder.

No police or military in the world can protect people who are cowards.

Democracy can only represent the average if not less than the average.

A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.

The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.

If I could wake all of the women of Asia, India could be won in a day.

Ours has not been unadulterated nonviolence in thought, word and deed.

Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

You have the choice to create the life your heart is yearning to live.

It is possible to reason out the existence of God to a limited extent.

The thing about you Christians, is that you are so unlike your Christ.

I am in the world feeling my way to light 'amid the encircling gloom.'

God has given us only a limited sphere of action and a limited vision.

It is my conviction that the root of evil is the want of a living God.

The khadi spirit means fellow-feeling with every human being on earth.

An India prostrate at the feet of Europe can give no hope to humanity.

Dignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life.

God alone is the judge of true greatness because He knows men's hearts.

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

History has no record of a nation having adopted nonviolent resistance.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

The woman who knows and fulfils her duty realizes her dignified status.

I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher

Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj.

Women are special custodians of all that is pure and religious in life.

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he has done to his fellowmen.

Satyagraha can rid society of all evils, political, economic and moral.

Self-realization is the object of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures.

Terrorism and deception are weapons not of the strong, but of the weak.

Faith becomes lame, when it ventures into matters pertaining to reason!

It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent.

The music of life is in danger of being lost in the music of the voice.

I must try to live in society and yet remain untouched by its pitfalls.

Healthy, well-informed, balanced criticism is the ozone of public life.

I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God.

There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

Nonviolent non-co-operation, I am convinced, is a sacred duty at times.

Nonviolence is the means, the end for everyone is complete independence.

Fight if you must on the path of righteousness and God will be with you.

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