One thing we have endeavoured to observe most scrupulously, namely, never to depart from the strictest facts and, in dealing with the difficult questions that have arisen during the year, we hope that we have used the utmost moderation possible under the circumstances.

The socialism that India can assimilate is the socialism of the spinning wheel.

Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence.

Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.

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

Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.

The purpose of life is undoubtedly to know oneself. We cannot do it unless we learn to identify ourselves with all that lives. The sum-total of that life is God.