The most practical, the most dignified way of going on in the world is to take people at their word, when you have no positive reason to the contrary.

The Charkha is an outward symbol of truth and nonviolence.

We cannot have real independence unless the people banish the touch-me-not spirit from their hearts.

Nothing in the Shastras, which is capable of being reasoned, can stand if it is in conflict with reason.

I believe that a party wishing equality for India does exist in Britain. But it is an insignificant minority, and while I honour and like their opinion I cannot be enthused over it, for I know that those who shape policy and dominate are otherwise inclined. For me, therefore, it is only the Secretary of State who counts.

I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.

I believe in the essential unity of all that lives. Therefore, I believe that if one person gains spiritually, the whole world gains, and that if one person falls, the whole world falls to that extent.