“The sanctity of law can be maintained only so long as it is the expression of the will of the people.”

Revolution’ does not necessarily involve sanguinary strife nor is there any place in it for individual vendetta. It is not the cult of the bomb and the pistol. By ‘Revolution’ we mean that the present order of things, which is based on manifest injustice, must change.

Life is lived on its ownother’s shoulders are used only at the time of funeral.

The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below

I am a man and all that affects mankind concerns me.

Lovers, Lunatics and poets are made of same stuff.

In times of great necessity, violence is indispensable.

It is easy to kill individuals but you cannot kill the ideas.

If the deaf are to hear the sound has to be very loud.

Love always elevates the character of man. It never lowers him, provided love be love.

By crushing individuals, they cannot kill ideas.

The people generally get accustomed to the established order of things and begin to tremble at the very idea of a change. It is this lethargical spirit that needs be replaced by the revolutionary spirit.

Merciless criticism and independent thinking are the two necessary traits of revolutionary thinking.

They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit.

If the deaf are to hear, the sound has to be very loud. When we dropped the bomb, it was not our intention to kill anybody. We have bombed the British Government. The British must quit India and make her free.

For mass struggles, nonviolence is essential.

I emphasize that I am full of ambition and hope and of full charm of life. But I can renounce all at the time of need, and that is the real sacrifice.

I still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wanting to live. I was on an express elevator to the bottom floor, wherever that might be.

I suppose you inevitably fall into habits of expression.

The best football is always about expression of emotion. Always.

It is very true to say that work done by writers is quite often an attempt to give solid expression to that which is bothering them. They feel they have got it right if they express the stress.

If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.

Yes, I think it is entirely possible to fall in love with someone you’ve never met. Physicality is an expression of intimacy- not an indication of it.

What I feel for you is at once the expression of language and the absence of it.