"All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error."
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"All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error."
"Every woman will tell the curious that with the disappearance of the spinning wheel vanished India's happiness and prosperity."
"The turning of the charkha in a lifeless way will be like the turning of the beads of the rosary with a wandering mind turned away from God."
"The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience."
"A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women"
"We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak."
"Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if by renouncing the luxuries of life we can lighten the burdens of others.... surely the simplification of our wants is a thing greatly to be desired! And so, if instead of supposing that we must become hermits and dwellers in caves in order to practice simplicity, we set about simplifying our affairs, each according to his own convictions and opportunity, much good will result and the simple life will at once be established."
"Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my mind, when I was greatly agitated over something. Music has helped me to overcome anger."
"The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust."
"I think it would be an excellent idea."
"The more I reflect and look back on the past, the more vividly do I feel my limitations."
"Is not education the art of drawing out full manhood of the children under training?"
"The khadi spirit means fellow-feeling with every human being on earth."
"True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent."
"There can be in the eyes of God no distinction between man and man, even as there is no distinction between animal and animal."
"Swaraj is a hardy tree of patient growth."
"The seeker is at liberty to extract from this treasure any meaning he likes, so as to enable him to enforce in his life the central teaching."
"Non-co-operation means refusal both to help the sinner in his sin and not to accept any help or gift from him till he has repented."
"That which is inherent in man is his virtue."
"Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways."