We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor.

My varnashram refuses to bow the head before the greatest potentate on earth, but my varnashram compels me to bow down my head in all humility before knowledge, purity, before every person where I see God face to face.

India's way is not Europe's. India is not Calcutta and Bombay. India lives in her seven hundred thousand villages.

How can I even secretly harbour the thought that my neighbour's faith is inferior to mine?

If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief.

Self-restraint is the very keystone of the ethics of vow-taking.

If hand-spinning is an effective method of making India self-supporting, it must be made part of the franchise.