My greatest weapon is mute prayer.

Our children should not be so taught as to despise labour.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

My method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant. I know that method to be infallible.

A semi-starved nation can have neither religion nor art nor organization.

I would beseech you not only to be pure beyond suspicion but I would ask you to combine with stainless purity, great wisdom and great ability.

The Charkha is an outward symbol of truth and nonviolence.