Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized - the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.

Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it,is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength to strength and from peace to more peace. The very first step in self-restraint is the restraint of thoughts.

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.

India will not be a helpless partner in her own exploitation and foreign domination.

I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.

I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.

If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior