We may not go about parroting truth and nonviolence and steering clear of them in our daily life.

A true soldier does not argue as he marches, how success is going to be ultimately achieved. But he is confident that if he only plays his humble part well, somehow or other the battle will be won. In is that spirit that every one of us should act. It is not given to us to know the future. But it is given to everyone of us to know how to do our own part well.

It was Ba's inspiration which helped me reach the heights of my inner self. She was my priceless jewel.

Weeding is as necessary to agriculture as sowing.

I know that I have still before me a difficult path to traverse. I must reduce myself to zero. So long as a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him. Ahimsa is the farthest limit of humility.

I would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.

One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole