Soul-force comes only through God's grace and never descends upon a man who is a slave to lust.

In a true democracy of India, the unit is the village.

When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa.

The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence.

There are subjects where reason cannot take us far and we have to accept things on faith. Faith then does not contradict reason but transcends it. Faith is a kind of sixth sense which works in cases which are without the purview of reason.

Non-co-operation is not a movement of drag, bluster or bluff.

It is not that I do not get angry. I don't give vent to my anger. I cultivate the quality of patience as angerlessness, and generally speaking, I succeed. But I only control my anger when it comes. How I find it possible to control it would be a useless question, for it is a habit that everyone must cultivate and must succeed in forming by constant practice.