The consumption of vegetables involves himsa, but I cannot give them up.

I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell, to sacrifice my freedom, in order to show you how deeply I care. Because when you see the depth of my concern, and how civil I am in going about this, you're bound to change your mind about me, to abandon your rigid, unjust position, and to let me help you see the truth of my cause.

Study men laying down their lives without hurting anyone else in the cause of their country's freedom.

The Vedas are as indefinable as God and Hinduism.

I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.

Execution of the constructive programme in its entirety means more than Swaraj. It means Ram Raj, Khudai Sultanat or the Divine Kingdom.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.