Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

Mankind has to get out of violence only through non-violence.

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.

The spinning wheel is not meant to oust a single man or woman from his or her occupation.

I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.

Experience gained in two schools under my control has taught me that punishment does not purify, if anything, it hardens children.

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.