I would rather have India without education, if that is the price to be paid for making it dry.

Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.

If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed � but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into larger units in such a way that the temptation to abuse great power should not arise.

Cent percent swadeshi gives sufficient scope for the most insatiable ambition for service and a satisfaction of every kind of talent.

By spiritual training I mean education of the heart.

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