I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.

It is the absolute right of India to misgovern herself.

True beauty consists of purity of heart.

The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based.

Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as is humanly possible from violence.

Let our first act each morning be the following resolve: I shall not fear anyone on Earth. I shall fear only God.

Perfection is the exclusive attribute of God, and it is indescribable, untranslatable. I do believe that it is possible for human beings to become perfect, even as God is perfect. It is necessary for all of us to aspire after that perfection but when that blessed state is attained, it become indescribable, indefinable.