The spinning wheel is itself an exquisite piece of machinery. My head daily bows in reverence to its unknown inventor.

History is a record of perpetual wars, but we are now trying to make new history.

[It] is impossible for us to establish a living vital connection with the masses unless we will work for them, through them and in their midst, not as their patrons but as their servants.

Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred; when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once; and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.

The notion of education through handicrafts rises from the contemplation of truth and love permeating life's activities.

The force of love is the same as the force of the soul or truth.

Nonviolence of the strong is infinitely braver than their violence.