The turning of the charkha in a lifeless way will be like the turning of the beads of the rosary with a wandering mind turned away from God.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

My plea is for banishing the English language as a cultural usurper, as we successfully banished the political rule of the English usurper.

Nonviolence is an intensely active force when properly understood and used.

When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible.

I do not wish my house to be walled and my windows stuffed. I want all cultures to blow freely through my dwelling.

No empire intoxicated with the red wine of power and the plunder of weaker races has yet lived long in this world.