To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the. . . gift of leadership..

For the poor, the economic is spiritual..

I suggest that we are thieves in a way. If I take anything that I do not need for my own immediate use, and keep it, I thieve it from somebody else. ….

The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body..

Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love..

Your action expresses your priorities..

The spinning wheel for us is the foundation for all public corporate life..

The earth has everything for all human needs, but nothing for his greed..

Let us, by praying, purify ourselves and we shall not only remove untouchability but shall also hasten the advent of Swaraj..

You can't lead a true life without suffering.

Means are not to be distinguished from ends. If violent means are used, there will be bad results..

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will..

It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words..

What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal?.

No displeasure, even of the dearest friends, can put me off the duty I see clearly in front of me..

There is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess..

Men are good. But they are poor victims making themselves miserable under the false belief that they are doing good..

What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner..

Satyagraha as conceived by me is a science in the making..

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

Apparently, I've acted like a terrorist. But I'm not a terrorist..