To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.

To gain India's freedom, the capacity for suffering must go hand in hand with the capacity for ceaseless labour.

Hinduism is like the Ganga, pure and unsullied at its source but taking in its course the impurities in the way. Even like the Ganga it is beneficent in its total effect. It takes a provincial form in every province, but the inner substance is retained everywhere.

Where death without resistance or death after resistance is the only way, neither party should think of resorting to law-courts or help from the government.

Is the God of the Mahometan different from the God of the Hindu? Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal? Wherein is the cause for quarreling?

Marriage must cease to be a matter of arrangement made by parents for money.

You cannot stop big wars if you carry on little wars yourselves.