The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.

For a satyagrahi brigade only those are eligible who believe in ahimsa and satya.

It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to speak impromptu. I hesitated whenever I had to face strange audiences and avoided making a speech whenever I could. Even today I do not think I could or would even be inclined to keep a meeting of friends engaged in idle talk.

My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

Restore the spinning wheel to its place and you will solve the problem of poverty.

An India free from exploitation from within and without must prosper with astonishing rapidity.