To end slavery, you must overcome the mental and physical inertia of the masses and quicken their intelligence and creative faculty.

The taking of vows that are not feasible or that are beyond one's capacity would betray thoughtlessness and want of balance.

My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself.

The spinning wheel and the spinning wheel alone will solve, if anything will solve, the problem of the deepening poverty of India.

Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but that it is also a substitute for violence or armed rebellion.

Mortification of the flesh has been held all the world over as a condition of spiritual progress.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. You must be the change you wish to see in the world.