There is no such thing as ‘too insane’ unless others turn up dead due to your actions.

My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.

India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).

I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical standpoint.

It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world.

Is not labour, like learning, its own reward?

It is the absolute right of India to misgovern herself.