In the very act of my non-co-operation, I am seeking their co-operation in my campaign..

I recognise no God except the God that is to be found in the hearts of the dumb millions..

Think of the poorest person you know and see if your next act will be of any use to him..

Man alone is made in the image of God..

A friendship that exacts oneness of opinion and conduct is not worth much..

The spinning wheel is as much a necessity of Indian life as air and water..

Fear gone, there can be no hatred..

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge..

It was our love of foreign cloth that ousted the wheel from its position of dignity..

The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species. Whe….

It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their armlessness into the centr….

Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention..

I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one..

Tulsidas's Ramayana is a notable book because it is informed with the spirit of purity, pity and piety..

I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru..

Individual liberty is allowed to man only to a certain extent. He cannot forget that he is a social being and his individual liberty has to be curtai….

Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith..

The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it..

History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents..

It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion towar….

A balanced intellect presupposes a harmonious growth of body, mind and soul..