My politics is my religion, my religion is my politics.

The Charkha in the hands of a poor widow brings a paltry price to her, in the hands of Jawaharlal; it is an instrument of India's freedom.

Passive resistance seeks to rejoin politics and religion and to test all our actions in the light of ethical principles.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control.

It is claimed for satyagraha that it is a complete substitute for violence or war.

If I did not have a sense of humor, I would have long ago killed myself.