The Swaraj of my dream is the poor man's Swaraj.

It is beneath human dignity to lose one's individuality and become a mere cog in the machine.

Non-violence ... is the only thing that the atom bomb cannot destroy. I did not move a muscle when I first heard that the atom bomb had wiped out Hiroshima. On the contrary, I said to myself, Unless now the world adopts non-violence, it will spell certain suicide for mankind.

I do not wish my house to be walled and my windows stuffed. I want all cultures to blow freely through my dwelling.

Personally I like to believe that all become honest, the millennium is round the corner!

Experience convinces me that permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth & violence. Even if my belief is a fond delusion, it will be admitted that it is a fascinating delusion.

Civil disobedience and excitement and intoxication go ill together.