True paurusha, true bravery, consists in driving out the brute in us.

Khadi has been conceived as the foundation and the image of ahimsa. A real khadi-wearer will not utter an untruth. A real khadi-wearer will harbour no violence, no deceit, no impurity.

It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion toward our fellow creatures.

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance.

A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour.

When a slave begins to take pride in his fetters and hugs them like precious ornaments, the triumph of the slave-owner is complete.