The music of the spinning wheel will be as balm to your soul.

The function of violence is to obtain reform by external means, the function of passive resistance, that is, soul-force, is to obtain it by growth from within, which, in its turn, is obtained by self-suffering, self-purification.

All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.

Nonviolent non-co-operation is the only alternative to anarchy and worse.

The essence of true religious teaching is that one should serve and befriend all.

I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one.

I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.