There can be no Swaraj where there is no harmony, no music.

A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

The English peace is the peace of the grave.

Every reform means awakening. Once truly awakened, the nation will not be satisfied with reform only in one department of life.

Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for nonviolence.

The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock-exchange market. We want to provide only such education as would enable the student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to earn; so why should they be educated? As long as such ideas persist there is no hope of our ever knowing the true value of education.