Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification.

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

I have called spinning the yajna of this age of India.

He who atones for sins never calculates; he pours out the whole essence of his contrite heart.

The spinning wheel means national consciousness and a contribution by every individual to a definite constructive national work.

Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.