Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?

Hinduism has become a conservative religion and, therefore, a mighty force because of the swadeshi spirit underlying it.

The highest religion has been defined by a negative word: ahimsa.

Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden.

You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.

Anything which is a hindrance to the fight of the soul is a delusion and a snare, even like the body which often does hinder you in the path of salvation.

I know that not only is Swaraj our birthright, but it is our sacred duty to win it.