The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based.

Nonviolence is a universal law acting under all circumstances.

There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.

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

I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to reach the ideal which I know to be true. It is a painful climb, but each step upwards makes me feel stronger and fit for the next.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.

In Swaraj, based on ahimsa, people need not know their rights, but it is also necessary for them to know their duties.