Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have not been created to feed our destructive propensities. If we only knew the mind of the Creator, we should find their proper place in His creation.

Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.

Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Adversity is the mother of progress.

The world is weary of hate. We see the fatigue overcoming the Western nations.

Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it.