The soul of India lives in its villages.

With every true friendship we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests. Thought by thought and act by act, with every breath we build more firmly the kingdom of non-violence that is the true home of the spirit of humanity.

If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.

In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against Indian humanity.

No two leaves were alike, and yet there is no antagonism between them or between the branches on which they grow.

A slave has not the freedom even to do the right thing.

Urbanization in India is a slow but sure death for her villages and villagers.