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.

The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves.

My religion says that only he who is prepared to suffer can pray to God.

A satyagrahi is dead to his body even before the enemy attempts to kill him.

My fast is, among other things, meant to qualify me for achieving that equal and selfless love.

A mother would never by choice sleep in a wet bed but she would gladly do so in order to spare the dry bed for her child.

A true Brahmachari will not even dream of satisfying the fleshly appetite