An awakened people who rely upon their nonviolent strength are independent in the face of any conceivable combination of the armed powers.

I cannot think of permanent enmity between man and man, and believing as I do in the theory of reincarnation, I live in the hope that if not in this birth, in some other birth I shall be able to hug all of humanity in friendly embrace.

That nonviolence which only an individual can use is not of much use in terms of society.

Fear of disease killed more men than disease itself.

The more I study Hindu scriptures, and the more I discuss them with Brahmins, the more I feel convinced that untouchability is the greatest blot upon Hinduism.

Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.

I do regard spinning and weaving as a necessary part of any national system of education.