We must widen the circle of our love till it embraces the whole village; the village in its turn must take into its fold the district, the district the province, and so on until the scope of our love becomes co-terminous with the world.

What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner.

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

If the village worker is not a decent man or woman, conducting a decent home, he or she had better not aspire after the high privilege and honour of becoming a village worker.

If my nonviolence is to be contagious and infectious, I must acquire greater control over my thoughts.

I believe in the absolute oneness of God and, therefore, also of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. The rays of the sun are many through refraction. But they have the same source. I cannot, therefore, detach myself from the wickedest soul (nor may I be denied identity with the most virtuous).

Purest religion is highest expediency. Many things are lawful but they are not all expedient.