My varnashram refuses to bow the head before the greatest potentate on earth, but my varnashram compels me to bow down my head in all humility before knowledge, purity, before every person where I see God face to face.

Every worthy act is difficult. Ascent is always difficult. Descent is easy and often slippery.

The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty.

In India there is a common saying that the way to Swaraj is through Mandalay.

Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence.

The world is touched by sacrifice. It does not then discriminate about the merits of a cause. No so God - He is all seeing. He insists on the purity of the cause and on adequate sacrifice thereof.

A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.