For the courage of self-sacrifice, woman is any time superior to man, as I believe man is to woman for the courage of the brute.

It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honor, his religion, his soul and lay the foundation for the empire's fall or its regeneration.

Liberty is a dearly bought commodity and prisons are factories where it is manufactured.

A person unbound by vows can never be absolutely relied upon.

Whatever strength the masses have is due entirely to ahimsa, however imperfect or defective its practice might have been.

I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.

That which makes man the mere plaything of fate is God.