It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.

Non-co-operation and civil disobedience in terms of Swaraj are not to be thought of without substantial constructive effort.

The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

Man's upward progress means ever increasing difficulty, which is to be welcomed.

The removal of untouchability is one of the highest expressions of ahimsa.

More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it.