A man can give up a right, but he may not give up a duty without being guilty of a grave dereliction.

Swaraj is not meant for cowards, but for those who would mount smilingly to the gallows and refuse even to allow their eyes to be bandaged.

A successful bloody revolution can only mean further misery for the masses.

I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth...as my life consists of nothing but those experiments.

We must break through the provincial crust if we are to reach the core of all-India nationalism.

I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.

The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest.