Pure motives can never justify impure or violent action.

Khadi to me is the symbol of unity of Indian humanity, of its economic freedom and equality and, therefore, ultimately, in the poetic expression of Jawaharlal Nehru, 'the livery of India's freedom'.

The votaries of nonviolence cannot harbour violence even in thought, let alone the question of doing it.

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or the spread of that spirit?

Untouchability, I hold, is a sin, if Bhagavadgita is one of our Divine Books.

Truth and untruth often co-exist; good and evil often are found together