The function of violence is to obtain reform by external means, the function of passive resistance, that is, soul-force, is to obtain it by growth from within, which, in its turn, is obtained by self-suffering, self-purification.

Assumption of superiority by any person over any other is a sin against God and man.

In a self-respecting India, is not every woman's virtue as much every man's concern as his own sister's?

I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

The call of the spinning wheel is the noblest of all. Because it is the call of love. And love is Swaraj.

It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives.

You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won't help, but that is no excuse, you must still act.