It's more important to put the own heart in the prayer than to put other's words with nothing of the own heart.

If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide.

It is my unmistakable belief that not a blade of grass moves but by the divine will.

I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without risks.

Without satyagraha carried out in the proper spirit, there is no victory, no Swaraj.

My varnashram refuses to bow the head before the greatest potentate on earth, but my varnashram compels me to bow down my head in all humility before knowledge, purity, before every person where I see God face to face.

The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence.