Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

I would not sell the vital interests of the untouchables for the sake of winning the freedom of India.

The highest truth needs no communicating, for it is by its very nature self-propelling. It radiates its influence silently as the rose its fragrance without the intervention of a medium.

Khadi mentality means decentralization of the production and distribution of the necessaries of life.

Weeding is as necessary to agriculture as sowing.

To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

A clear victory of satyagraha is impossible so long as there is ill will.