We are too near the scene of tragedy to realize that this canker or untouchability has traveled far beyond its prescribed limits and has sapped the very foundation of the whole nation.

Coal is not dear for the coal-miner who can use it there and then, nor is khadi dear for the villager who manufactures his own khadi.

Satyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life.

Restore the spinning wheel to its place and you will solve the problem of poverty.

Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.

There is no such thing as compulsion in the scheme of nonviolence.

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."