The duty of motherhood, which the vast majority of woman will always undertake, requires the qualities which men need not possess.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

I am wedded to India because I owe my all to her.

Non-violence ... is the only thing that the atom bomb cannot destroy. I did not move a muscle when I first heard that the atom bomb had wiped out Hiroshima. On the contrary, I said to myself, Unless now the world adopts non-violence, it will spell certain suicide for mankind.

I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.

I eat to live, to serve, and also, if it so happens, to enjoy, but I do not eat for the sake of enjoyment.

The restoration of free speech, free association and free press is almost the whole Swaraj.