A country whose culture is based on nonviolence will find it necessary to have every home as much self-contained as possible.

As soon as we become one with the ocean in the shape of God, there is no more rest for us, nor indeed do we need rest any longer.

God resides in every human form, indeed in every particle of His creations, in everything that is on his earth.

Give the villagers village arithmetic, village geography, village history and the literary knowledge that they must use daily, i.e. reading and writing letters, etc.

Man is not to drown himself in the well of the Shastras, but he is to dive in their broad ocean and bring out pearls.

Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.

That I want to destroy British imperialism is another matter, but I want to do so by converting those who are associated with it.