In battling against untouchability, and in dedicating myself to that battle, I have no less an ambition than to see a full regeneration of humanity.

Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire.

Nothing once begun should be abandoned, unless it is proved to be morally wrong.

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time. I must continue to bear testimony to truth even if I am forsaken by all. Mine may today be a voice in the wilderness, but it will be heard when all other voices are silenced, if it is the voice of Truth.

It was our love of foreign cloth that ousted the wheel from its position of dignity.

All the four stages in a man's life are devised by the seers in Hinduism for imposing discipline and self-restraint.