Compulsory obedience to a master is a state of slavery, willing obedience to one's father is the glory of son ship.

A labourer cannot sit at the table and write, but a man who has worked at the table all his life can certainly take to physical labour.

Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.

The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.

How do you know if the next act you are about to do is the right one or the wrong one? Consider the face of the poorest and most vulnerable human being that you have ever chanced upon, and ask yourself if the act that you contemplate will be of benefit to that person; and if it will be, it's the right thing to do, and if not, rethink it.

For every minute that I spin, there is in me the consciousness that I am adding to the nation's wealth.

Undoubtedly, prayer requires a living faith in God. Successful satyagraha is inconceivable without that faith.