Knowledge without devotion will be like a misfire.

Civil disobedience does not admit of any violence or countenancing of violence directly or indirectly.

In times to come people will not judge us by the creed we profess or the label we wear or the slogans we shout, but, by our work, industry, sacrifice, honesty and purity of character.

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

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

He who has a living faith in God will not do evil deeds with name of God on his lips.

I do not wish my house to be walled and my windows stuffed. I want all cultures to blow freely through my dwelling.