The spinning wheel is as much a necessity of Indian life as air and water.

To a pure heart all hearts are pure.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj.

Life will not be a pyramid with the apex sustained by the bottom, but an oceanic circle whose centre will be the individual.

Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God.

I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical standpoint.