All my experiments in Ahimsa have taught me that nonviolence in practice means common labour with the body.

I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment.

To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the. . . gift of leadership.

I do not believe that the spiritual law works on a field of its own. On the contrary, it expresses itself only through the ordinary activities of life. It thus affects the economic, the social and the political fields.

Hindu Dharma is like a boundless ocean teeming with priceless gems. The deeper you dive the more treasures you find.

My nationalism is as broad as my swadeshi, I want India's rise so that the whole world may benefit.

Khaddar has the greatest organizing power in it because it has itself to be organized and because it affects all India.