Morality is contraband in war.

Violence is bound sooner or later to exhaust itself but peace cannot issue out of such exhaustion.

The restoration of spinning to its central place in India's peaceful campaign for deliverance from the imperial yoke gives her women a special status.

Khadi to me is the symbol of unity of Indian humanity, of its economic freedom and equality and, therefore, ultimately, in the poetic expression of Jawaharlal Nehru, 'the livery of India's freedom'.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard.

When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa.