Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.

Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification.

Without a belief in my programme and without an acceptance of my condition, you will ruin me, ruin yourselves and ruin the cause.

Non-co-operation and civil disobedience in terms of Swaraj are not to be thought of without substantial constructive effort.

If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies and the world.

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.

When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.