Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights.

Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.

Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained.

Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.

The British Government in India constitutes a struggle between modern civilization, which is the Kingdom of Satan, and the ancient civilization, which is the Kingdom of God.

The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers.

Reason has to be strengthened by suffering, and suffering opens the eyes of understanding.