God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the west... keeping the world in chains. If [our nation] took to similar economic exploitation, it would strip the world bare like locusts.

The only way by which you and I can wean orthodox Hindus from their bigotry is by patient argument and correct conduct.

I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without risks.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

No charter of freedom will be worth looking at which does not ensure the same measure of freedom for the minorities as for the majority.

Even the atheists, who have pretended to disbelieve in God, have believed in Truth.

A genuine fast cleanses the body, mind and soul. It crucifies the flesh and to that extent sets the soul free.