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

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.

I do not regard flesh-food as necessary for us at any stage and under any clime in which it is possible for human beings ordinarily to live, I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species.

Without satyagraha carried out in the proper spirit, there is no victory, no Swaraj.

No Indian who aspires to follow the way of true religion can afford to remain aloof from politics.

A burning passion coupled with absolute detachment is the key to all success.

Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.