I know that I have still before me a difficult path to traverse. I must reduce myself to zero. So long as a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him. Ahimsa is the farthest limit of humility.

All education in a country has got to be demonstrably in promotion of the progress of the country in which it is given.

I do believe that ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.

More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it.

Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.

Man does not live by bread alone. Many prefer self-respect to food.

The chains of a slave are broken the moment he considers himself a free man.