Nonviolent action without the co-operation of the heart and the head cannot produce the intended result.

I am not fighting machinery as such, but the madness of thinking that machinery saves labor. Men save labor until thousands of them are without work and die of hunger on the streets. I want to secure employment and livelihood not only to part of the human race, but for all. I will not have the enrichment of a few at the expense of the community. At present the machine is helping a small minority to live on the exploitation of the masses. The motive force of this minority is not humanity or love of their kind, but greed and avarice.

Swaraj, without any qualifying clause, includes that which is better than the best one can conceive or have today.

Purification being highly infectious, purification of oneself necessarily leads to the purification of one's surroundings.

I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.

Prayer is the only means of bringing about orderliness and peace and repose in our daily acts.

No displeasure, even of the dearest friends, can put me off the duty I see clearly in front of me.