India as a nation can live and die only for the spinning wheel.

For me patriotism is the sme as humanity. I am patriotic because I am human and humane. It is not exclusive. I will not hurt England or Germany to serve India . . . My patriotism is inclusive and admits of no enmity or ill-will.

May the work of your hands be a sign of gratitude and reverence to the human condition.

The movement of nonviolent non-co-operation has nothing in common with the historical struggles for freedom in the West.

Non-co-operation is not a movement of drag, bluster or bluff.

For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions.

Democracy necessarily means a conflict of will and ideas, involving sometimes a war of the knife between different ideas.