The cottage industry of India had to perish in order that Lancashire might flourish.

I believe that the sum total of the energy of mankind is not to bring us down but to lift us up, and that is the result of the definite, if unconscious, working of the law of love. The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.

Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

It is necessary first to purify the drunken and dissolute worshippers in charge of some of these temples.

The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have grown at a given moment. And if this is a correct view of freedom, our chief energy must be concentrated on achieving reform from within.

A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.