Ahimsa is nothing if not a well-balanced, exquisite consideration for one's neighbour, and an idle man is wanting in that elementary consideration.

My Gita tells me that evil can never result from a good action.

The states can make the finest contribution to the building of India's future independence if they set the right example in their own territories.

No confirmed satyagrahi is dismayed by dangers, seen or unseen, from his opponent's side.

Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it,is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength to strength and from peace to more peace. The very first step in self-restraint is the restraint of thoughts.

I shall content myself with merely declaring my firm conviction that, for the seeker who would live in fear of God and who would see Him face to face, restraint in diet both as to quantity and quality is as essential as restraint in thought and speech.

Each one prays to God according to his own light.