...service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of public opinion, it stunts the man and crushes his spirit. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.

Truth is the first thing to be sought for, and Beauty and Goodness will then be added unto you.

India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before.

The true battlefield is within.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

The khadi spirit means fellow-feeling with every human being on earth.