Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul. We have no eye for these great and fine discoveries. We are dazzled by the material progress that Western science has made. Ancient India has survived because Hinduism was not developed along material but spiritual lines.

I literally believe in the possibility of a Sudhanva smiling away whilst he was being drowned in boiling oil.

We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding.

Let our lives be open books for all to study.

Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power.

When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible.

A nonviolent struggle necessarily involves construction on a small scale. It cannot therefore lead to tamas or darkness or inertia.