A person is bound to work in obedience to and in conformity to that person's own nature.

Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.

It is a travesty of true religion to consider one's own religion as superior and other's as inferior.

The safest rule of conduct is to claim kinship when we want to do service and not to insist on kinship when we want to assert a right.

Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.

We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength.

The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.