Whatever may be true of the other modes of warfare, insatyagraha it has been held that the causes for failure are to be sought within.

Man in the flesh is essentially imperfect. He may be described as being made in the image of God but is far from being God.

The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners.

Our existence as embodied beings is purely momentary; what are a hundred years in eternity? But if we shatter the chains of egotism, and melt into the ocean of humanity, we share its dignity. To feel that we are something is to set up a barrier between God and ourselves; to cease feeling that we are something, is to become one with God.

Ravana was a rakshasa but this rakshasi of untouchability is even more terrible than Ravana.

A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.