Swaraj means, a state such that we can maintain our separate existence without the presence of the English.

I am not anti-English, I am not anti-British, I am not anti-any Government, but I am anti-untruth, anti-humbug and anti-injustice.

Religion of our conception, thus imperfect, is always subject to a process of evolution and re-interpretation.

Cowardice is impotence worse than violence. The coward desires revenge but being afraid to die, he looks to others, maybe to the government of the day, to do the work of defense for him. A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women.

Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul. We have no eye for these great and fine discoveries. We are dazzled by the material progress that Western science has made. Ancient India has survived because Hinduism was not developed along material but spiritual lines.

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

I suffer snakes to be killed in the ashram when it is impossible to catch them and put them out of harm's way.