Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).

If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek. If leaving duties unperformed we run after rights, they will escape us like a will-o'-the-wisp.

The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.

Since the propagation of nonviolence is the mission of my life, I must pursue it in all weathers.

I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.

Prayer is a sign of repentance, a desire to become better, purer.