A true man of piety will consider himself a sinner and, therefore, untouchable.

Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force.

A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour.

Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have not been created to feed our destructive propensities. If we only knew the mind of the Creator, we should find their proper place in His creation.

Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint.

I do not regard flesh-food as necessary for us at any stage and under any clime in which it is possible for human beings ordinarily to live, I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species.

Mass illiteracy is India's sin and shame and must be liquidated.