It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even mo….

Under ideal conditions, the barrister and the bhangi (sweeper) should both get the same payment..

Men to be men must be able to trust their womenfolk, even as the latter are compelled to trust them..

Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within the states….

If we take care of the means, we are bound to reach the end sooner or later. When once we have grasped this point, final victory is beyond question. ….

I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus the very right to live accru….

God has enabled man to distinguish between his sister, his mother, his daughter and his wife..

Dining and marriage restrictions stunt Hindu society..

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence..

My Hinduism teaches me to respect all religions. In this lies the secret of Ramarajya..

If we are nonviolent through and through, our nonviolence would have been self-evident..

... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I know we must all err. I would give up mil….

Peace is the state where love abides and seeks to share itself..

I love Christianity, Islam and many other faiths - through Hinduism..

I regard Duryodhana and his party as the baser impulses in man, and Arjuna and his party as the higher impulses..

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver..

Swaraj is our birthright. No one can deprive us of it unless we forfeit it ourselves..

Rights of true citizenship accrue only to those who serve the State to which they belong..

Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies..

Of all the black crimes that humanity is committing against the great Creation, vivisection is the blackest..

One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth..