If the English educated neglect, as they have done and even now continue, as some do, to be ignorant of their mother tongue, linguistic starvation will abide.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

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

A true life lived amongst the people is in itself an object-lesson that must produce its own effect upon immediate surroundings.

Every single act of one who would lead a life of purity should be in the nature of yajna.

I trust men only because I trust God.

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