The spinning wheel is the auspicious symbol of sharir yajna, body labour.

Compulsory obedience to a master is a state of slavery, willing obedience to one's father is the glory of son ship.

The most distinctive and largest contribution of Hinduism to India's culture is the doctrine of ahimsa.

If all were nonviolent, there would be no anarchy and there would be no question of anybody being armed for meeting aggression from without.

I have no secret methods. I know no diplomacy save that of truth. I have no weapon but non-violence.

Religion is no test of nationality, but a personal matter between man and his God.

Not violence, nor untruth but non-violence and Truth are the laws of our being.