I claim to be no more than the average person with less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.

The world cannot be successfully fooled for all time.

The process of learning should be as far as possible a pleasurable one and not laborious

If there was any teacher in the world who insisted upon the inexorable law of cause and effect, it was Gautam, and yet my friends, the Buddhists outside India, would, if they could, avoid the effects of their own acts.

Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul.

We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding.