To my mind, Swaraj based on nonviolence is the fulfillment of the constructive programme.

It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.

Of what avail is my love if it be only so long as I trust my friend?

To practice nonviolence in mundane matters is to know its true value.

How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I who am the victor and not he, for he has failed in getting me to do what he wanted done.

A man of God never strives after untruth and therefore he can never lose hope.

Schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for the Government.