If you know it is going to be a tight-rope walk, you might as well carry a bamboo to balance yourself.

Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future. 

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical things to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

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

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

Molality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. 

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Thre is aen ond rderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything aevery being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely non violence in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does become tainted.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.