To slight a single human being, is to slight those divine powers and thus to harm not only that being but with him, the whole world.

Everything that we do is insignificant...and...it is very important that we do it!

Satyagraha thrives on repression till at last the repressor is tired of it and the object of satyagraha is gained.

I believe that the sum total of the energy of mankind is not to bring us down but to lift us up, and that is the result of the definite, if unconscious, working of the law of love. The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.

God is the vital force or spirit which is all-pervading, all-embracing and, therefore, beyond human ken.

Every single act of one who would lead a life of purity should be in the nature of yajna.

Half-a-dozen or twenty cities of India alone working together cannot bring Swaraj.