“For mass struggles, nonviolence is essential.”

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.

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.

Man acts only when he is sure of the justness of his action, as we threw the bomb in the Legislative Assembly