With every true friendship we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests. Thought by thought and act by act, with every breath we build more firmly the kingdom of non-violence that is the true home of the spirit of humanity.

Spiritual force is like any other force at the service of man.

The movement of nonviolent non-co-operation has nothing in common with the historical struggles for freedom in the West.

Woman is the embodiment of sacrifice and suffering and her advent to public life should, therefore, result in purifying it, in restraining unbridled ambition and accumulation of property.

If you are left with only one piece of homespun,wear it with dignity

If there ever is to be a republic of every village in India, then I claim verity for my picture in which the last is equal to the first or, in other words, no one is to be the first and none the last.

The dry knowledge of the three R's is not even now, it can never be, a permanent part of the villagers' life.