We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor.

India has the right, if she only knew, of becoming the predominant partner by reason of her numbers, geographical position and culture inherited for ages.

What is truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the 'voice within' tells you.

Non-co-operation enables us to show that in everything that matters we can be independent of the Government.

Unless we are able to evolve a spirit of mutual tolerance for diametrically opposite views, non co-operation is an impossibility.

If we want Swaraj to be built on non-violence, we will have to give the villages their proper place.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.