Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?

Non-co-operation means nothing less than training in self-sacrifice.

Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.

Unless the charkha adds to your ahimsa and makes you stronger every day, your Gandhism is of little avail.

I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics.

If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.

Truth is what the voice within tells you.