Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow labourers and not be self-seeking.

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.

I believe in the absolute oneness of God and, therefore, also of humanity. I have always believed God to be without form. What I did hear was like a Voice from afar, and yet quite near.

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.

What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt.