Ours is one continual struggle against a degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the Europeans, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir whose occupation is hunting, and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with and, then, pass his life in indolence and nakedness.

Sickness is the result not only of our acts, but out thoughts also.

Khadi has been conceived as the foundation and the image of ahimsa. A real khadi-wearer will not utter an untruth. A real khadi-wearer will harbour no violence, no deceit, no impurity.

The art of producing good music from a cultivated voice can be achieved by many, but the art of producing that music from the harmony of a pure life is achieved very rarely.

The greatest menace to the world today is the growing, exploiting, irresponsible imperialism.

The way of mutual strife and exclusiveness is the only way to perdition and slavery.

I must not serve a distant neighbour at the expense of the nearest.