Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.

There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed in it.

So far as I can see the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained mankind for ages.

Even a little of dharma saves one from many a pitfall.

The purpose of life is undoubtedly to know oneself. We cannot do it unless we learn to identify ourselves with all that lives. The sum-total of that life is God.

There are sufficient resources on this planet to answer the needs of all, but not enough to satisfy everyone's greed.

Much that we hug today as knowledge is ignorance pure and simple. It makes the mind wander and even reduces it to a vacuity.