Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if by renouncing the luxuries of life we can lighten the burdens of others.... surely the simplification of our wants is a thing greatly to be desired! And so, if instead of supposing that we must become hermits and dwellers in caves in order to practice simplicity, we set about simplifying our affairs, each according to his own convictions and opportunity, much good will result and the simple life will at once be established.

Truth is as hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.

I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

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

Cow-slaughter can never be stopped by law.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

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