Love is the humblest yet the most powerful force that the human being has.

A votary of ahimsa cannot subscribe to the utilitarian formula (of the greatest good of the greatest number). He will strive for the greatest good of all and die in the attempt to realize that ideal.

The yajna of our age and for us is the spinning wheel.

I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loincloths and towels and my reputation, which cannot be worth much.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

There is no distrust of men and mankind in me. They will answer before God, so why should I worry?

It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man.