Nothing will demoralize the nation so much as that we should learn to despise labour.

Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.

There is no time limit for a satyagrahi nor is there a limit to his capacity for suffering.

Swaraj, without any qualifying clause, includes that which is better than the best one can conceive or have today.

I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to reach the ideal which I know to be true. It is a painful climb, but each step upwards makes me feel stronger and fit for the next.

My religion says that only he who is prepared to suffer can pray to God.

God is not a person. God is an eternal principle.