The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have grown at a given moment. And if this is a correct view of freedom, our chief energy must be concentrated on achieving reform from within.

We burn the evil men do with their mortal remains. We treasure the memory of the good they do, and distance magnifies it.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

A successful bloody revolution can only mean further misery for the masses.

I do regard spinning and weaving as a necessary part of any national system of education.

Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together.

Let us, by praying, purify ourselves and we shall not only remove untouchability but shall also hasten the advent of Swaraj.