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 must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.

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

For winning Swaraj one requires iron discipline.

I would far rather that India perished than that she won Her freedom at the sacrifice of truth.

Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence.