Man must choose either of the two courses, the upward or the downward; but as he has the brute in him, he will more easily choose the downward course than the upward, especially when the downward course is presented to him in a beautiful garb. Man easily capitulates when sin is presented in the garb of virtue.

The socialistic conception of the West was born in an environment reeking with violence.

If my nonviolence is to be contagious and infectious, I must acquire greater control over my thoughts.

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

Khadi to me is the symbol of unity of Indian humanity, of its economic freedom and equality and, therefore, ultimately, in the poetic expression of Jawaharlal Nehru, 'the livery of India's freedom'.

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind.