Man has reason, discrimination and free-will such as it is. The brute has no such thing. It is not a free agent, and knows no distinction between virtue and vice, good and evil. Man, being a free agent, knows these distinctions, and when he follows his higher nature, shows himself far superior to the brute, but when he follows his baser nature can show himself lower than the brute.

Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?

Indeed, one perfect resister is enough to win the battle of Right against Wrong.

Crime and vice generally require darkness for prowling. They disappear when light plays upon them.

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul.

The soul of India lives in its villages.

Everything we do is futile, but we must do it anyway.