Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.

Any imposition from without means compulsion. Such compulsion is repugnant to religion.

A perfect Muslim is he from whose tongue and hands mankind is safe.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

My religion has no geographical limits.

Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.

When large numbers of wholly innocent men are in jail, we may take it that Swaraj is at hand.