For me the present is merged in eternity. I may not sacrifice the latter for the present.

The elephant needs a thousand times more food than the ant but that is not an indication of inequality.

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.

Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

Only this much I knew - that under ideal conditions, true education could be imparted only by the parents, and that then there should be the minimum of outside help.

I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.

Satyagraha does not begin and end with civil disobedience.