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.

People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.

Freedom received though the efforts of others, however benevolent, cannot be retained when such effort is withdrawn.

Indian nationalism is not exclusive, nor aggressive, nor destructive.

If we are to reach real peace in this world and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children; and if they will grow up in their natural innocence, we won't have to struggle; we won't have to pass fruitless idle resolutions, but we shall go from love to love and peace to peace, until at last all the corners of the world are covered with that peace and love for which consciously or unconsciously the whole world is hungering.

I have shut my mind against nothing and I am a friend of Great Britain. I always have been. I have no axe to grind.

Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.