No country can become a nation by producing a race of imitators.

The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.

The Charkha supplemented the agriculture of the villagers and gave it dignity.

The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.

Coal is not dear for the coal-miner who can use it there and then, nor is khadi dear for the villager who manufactures his own khadi.

I have nothing of the communalist in me because my Hinduism is all inclusive.

All good thoughts and ideas mean nothing without action