Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what purpose?'

Swaraj is not meant for cowards, but for those who would mount smilingly to the gallows and refuse even to allow their eyes to be bandaged.

War knows no law except that of might.

Every good movement passes through five stages, indifference, ridicule, abuse, repression, and respect.

All society is held together by nonviolence even as the earth is held in her position by gravitation.

Renunciation means absence of hankering after fruit.

All big things are made up of trifles. My entire life has been built on trifles.