Real power does not consist in the ability to inflict capital punishment upon the subjects, but in the will and the ability to protect the subjects against the world.

If we have the khadi spirit in us, then we should surround ourselves with simplicity in every walk of life.

God never occurs to you in person but always in action.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

The votaries of nonviolence cannot harbour violence even in thought, let alone the question of doing it.

I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.

The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves.