God gifted man with intellect so that he might know his Maker. Man abused it so that he might forget his Maker.

I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one.

Indeed, these errors and my prompt confessions have made me surer, if possible, of my insight into the implications of truth and ahimsa.

I am not fighting machinery as such, but the madness of thinking that machinery saves labor. Men save labor until thousands of them are without work and die of hunger on the streets. I want to secure employment and livelihood not only to part of the human race, but for all. I will not have the enrichment of a few at the expense of the community. At present the machine is helping a small minority to live on the exploitation of the masses. The motive force of this minority is not humanity or love of their kind, but greed and avarice.

Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.

Be the compromise you want to see in the world.

I believe that religious education must be the sole concern of religious associations.