Through Khadi we teach the people the art of civil obedience to an institution which they have built up for themselves.

Shraddha means self-confidence and self-confidence means faith in God.

I believe in the absolute oneness of God and therefore of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. . . . I know God is neither in heaven nor down below, but in everyone.

It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilised men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence.

My own veneration for other faiths is the same as that for my own faith; therefore no thought of conversion is possible

Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties.

What is it but my ahimsa that draws thousands of women to me in fearless confidence?