I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.

We are aware that the business of Swaraj will thrive only if the boycott of foreign cloth is successful.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

Just as a prayer may be merely a mechanical intonation as of a bird, so may a fast be a mere mechanical torture of the flesh.

Nonviolence is impossible without humility.

Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. I may not put my finger into the jaws of a snake, but the very sight of the snake need not strike terror into me.

Many could forgo heavy meals, a full wardrobe, a fine house, etcetera. It is the ego they cannot forgo.