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I would not flinch from sacrificing even a million lives for India's liberty.
Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed
Untouchability, I hold, is a sin, if Bhagavadgita is one of our Divine Books.
In India there is a common saying that the way to Swaraj is through Mandalay.
The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children.
Swaraj will favour Hinduism no more than Islam, nor Islam more than Hinduism.
Swaraj can only be achieved through an all-round consciousness of the masses.
A burning passion coupled with absolute detachment is the key to all success.
Human society is a ceaseless growth, and unfoldment in terms of spirituality.
The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind.
To me God is truth and love, God is ethics and morality, God is fearlessness.
A satyagrahi has infinite patience, abundant faith in others, and ample hope.
I have had the hardihood to say that Swaraj could not be granted even by God.
I am conscious of my own limitations. That consciousness is my only strength.
3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, but 9 is not prime; -in this incarnation.
Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
I do believe that ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.
God is that indefinable something which we all feel but which we do not know.
Newspapers have become more important to the average man than the scriptures.
Cow-slaughter and man-slaughter are in my opinion two sides of the same coin.
One is ever young in the presence of the God of Truth, or Truth which is God.
Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.
Self-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence.
To get rid of the infatuation for English is one of the essentials of Swaraj.
True education is that which proves useful in life and makes you industrious.
The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
I have nothing of the communalist in me because my Hinduism is all inclusive.
What is life worth without trials and tribulations which are the salt of life.
An institution that suffers from a plethora of leaders is surely in a bad way.
It is against the spirit of ahimsa to overawe even one person into submission.
If India becomes the slave of the machine, then, I say, heaven save the world.
The Charkha supplemented the agriculture of the villagers and gave it dignity.
My heart is drawn backwards and forwards between the spinning wheel and books.
A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour.
Individual liberty and interdependence are both essential for life in society.
A nonviolent person's life is always at the disposal of him who would take it.
The world is weary of hate. We see the fatigue overcoming the Western nations.
Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.
When a man wants to make up with his Maker, he does not consult a third party.
A man of God never strives after untruth and therefore he can never lose hope.
Urbanization in India is a slow but sure death for her villages and villagers.
As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.
A rabbit that runs away from the bull-terrier is not particularly non-violent.
To ignore the Mussalman grievance as if it was not felt is to postpone Swaraj.
Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.
The panoplied warrior of truth and nonviolence is ever and incessantly active.
Man, through the cow, is enjoined to realize his identity with all that lives.
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.