There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed in it.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.

We must be the world we want to create.

My effort should never be to undermine another's faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith.

The fire of independence is burning just as bright in my breast as in the most fiery breast in this country, but ways and methods differ.

The greatest help you can give me is to banish fear from your hearts.