Khaddar does not displace a single cottage industry.

Fearlessness presupposes calmness and peace of mind.

No human being is so bad as to be beyond redemption.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

If you want to change the world, start with yourself.

To a hungry man, a piece of bread is the face of God.

Man cannot be transformed from bad to good overnight.

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

I travel third-class because there is no fouth-class.

When a man gives way to anger, he only harms himself.

As in laws or in war, the longest purse finally wins.

Love, otherwise ahimsa, sustains this planet of ours.

The spinning wheel is a symbol of nonviolence for me.

Our aim is not to do things by violence to opponents.

My creed of nonviolence is an extremely active force.

Truth should so humble that even dust could crush it.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

I considered becoming a Christian... until I met one.

The world cannot be successfully fooled for all time.

What is impossible with man is child's play with God.

Dining and marriage restrictions stunt Hindu society.

Honesty is incompatible with amassing a large fortune.

Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen.

The very word Islam means peace, which is nonviolence.

In His boundless love God permits the atheist to live.

Do you think I am superstitious? I am a super-atheist.

Moral result can only be produced by moral restraints.

If one person gains spiritually, the whole world gains

I have called spinning the yajna of this age of India.

The yajna of our age and for us is the spinning wheel.

A man of faith does not bargain or stipulate with God.

Drink is not a fashion in India, as it is in the West.

The real seat of taste was not the tongue but the mind

In a true democracy of India, the unit is the village.

Because no one sees the truth does not make it untrue.

Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions.

Even a little of dharma saves one from many a pitfall.

Punishment is God's. He alone is the infallible Judge.

What is equality of rights between a giant and a dwarf?

All good thoughts and ideas mean nothing without action

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.

It is the absolute right of India to misgovern herself.

Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent.

Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature.

The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust.

Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways.

Bullies are always to be found where there are cowards.

That which makes man the mere plaything of fate is God.

Liberty never meant the license to do anything at will.

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