Religion is not what is grasped by the brain, but a heart grasp.

We are too near the scene of tragedy to realize that this canker or untouchability has traveled far beyond its prescribed limits and has sapped the very foundation of the whole nation.

The path of self-purification is hard and steep. One has to become absolutely passion-free in thought, speech and action to rise above the opposing currents of love and hatred, attachment and repulsion. I know that I have not in me as yet that triple purity in spite of constant ceaseless striving for it. That is why the world's praise fails to move me, indeed it very often stings me. To conquer the subtle passions seems to me to be harder far than the physical conquest of the world by the force of arms.

A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt.

It is the law of love that rules mankind.

Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.

Work for Swaraj fails to appeal to us because we have no music in us.