If it is man's privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter - dependent.

It is my unmistakable belief that not a blade of grass moves but by the divine will.

What I call the law of satyagraha is to be deduced from an appreciation of duties and rights flowing therefrom.

Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.

At the individual level Swaraj is vitally connected with the capacity for dispassionate self-assessment , ceaseless self purification and growing self-reliance.... It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves

I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loincloths and towels and my reputation, which cannot be worth much.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.