India as a nation can live and die only for the spinning wheel.

At the individual level Swaraj is vitally connected with the capacity for dispassionate self-assessment , ceaseless self purification and growing self-reliance.... It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves

Power invariably elects to go into the hands of the strong. That strength may be physical or of the heart or, if we do not fight shy of the word, of the spirit. Strength of the heart connotes soul-force. Let it be remembered that physical force is transitory, even as the body is transitory. But the power of spirit is permanent even as the spirit is everlasting.

The message of Jesus has proved ineffective because the environment was unready to receive it.

Violent means will give violent swaraj. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

A scavenger who works in His service shares equal distinction with a king who uses his gifts in His name and is a mere trustee.