If the poet spun for half an hour daily, his poetry would gain in richness.

There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.

I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.

A man who behaves like a beast is worse than the beast.

Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value.

Hatred is not essential for nationalism. Race hatred will kill the real national spirit.

It is wonderful, if we chose the right diet, what an extraordinarily small quantity would suffice.