Study not man in his animal nature - man following the laws of the jungle - but study man in all his glory..

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty..

India must protect her primary industries even as a mother protects her children against the whole world without being hostile to it..

Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words..

Civil disobedience can only lead to strength and purity..

For every minute that I spin, there is in me the consciousness that I am adding to the nation's wealth..

Dharma is that which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appeals to the heart..

I eat to live, to serve, and also, if it so happens, to enjoy, but I do not eat for the sake of enjoyment..

I must dissent emphatically from any proposal to spend any money on preparing a statue of me, more especially at a time when people do not have enoug….

"Be the change you want to see in the world"...and, if you can't be that change, then either get out of the way of the person who wants to be that ch….

It is knowledge that ultimately gives salvation..

I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price..

If the lambs of the world had been willingly led, they would have long ago saved themselves from the butcher's knife..

Contraceptives are an insult to womanhood..

If India becomes the slave of the machine, then, I say, heaven save the world..

Concentrate on your task..

It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard flesh-food as necess….

I shall despair when I despair of myself, of God and humanity..

India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before..

I do not wish my house to be walled and my windows stuffed. I want all cultures to blow freely through my dwelling..

The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall see Truth in fragment and from different angl….