Each one prays to God according to his own light.

The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock-exchange market. We want to provide only such education as would enable the student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to earn; so why should they be educated? As long as such ideas persist there is no hope of our ever knowing the true value of education.

A satyagrahi has no other stay but God, and he who has any other stay or depends on any other help cannot offer satyagraha.

Non-violence should never be used as a shield for cowardice. It is a weapon for the brave.

Yajna is duty to be performed, or service to be rendered, all twenty-four hours of the day.

No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

Whilst power, superimposed, always needs the help of the police and the military, power generated from within should have little or no use of them.