Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of gravitation works whether we accept it or not.

Freedom of a nation cannot be won by solitary acts of heroism though they may be of the true type, never by heroism so called.

Only the toad under the harrow knows where it pinches him.

If it is by force that we wish to achieve Swaraj, let us drop nonviolence and offer such violence as we may.

We must always seek to ally ourselves with that part of the enemy that knows what is right.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness can be spread without diminishing that of yourself.