It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man.

If we have the khadi spirit in us, then we should surround ourselves with simplicity in every walk of life.

Just think out for yourselves, if a man who was good yesterday has become bad after having come in contact with me, is he responsible that he has deteriorated or am I? ... It is well to take the blame sometimes.

Swaraj as conceived by me does not mean the end of kingship.

Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into larger units in such a way that the temptation to abuse great power should not arise.

As the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.

Those who cannot renounce attachment to the results of their work are far from the path.