Charkha Quotes

If I preach against the modern artificial life of sensual enjoyment, and ask men and women to go back to the simple life epitomized in the charkha, I do so because I know that without an intelligent return to simplicity, there is no escape from our d.

Charkha is an instrument of service.

Unless the charkha adds to your ahimsa and makes you stronger every day, your Gandhism is of little avail.

The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.

There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed in it.

The Charkha is the symbol of sacrifice, and sacrifice is essential for the establishment of the image of the deity.

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

The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based.

The Charkha supplemented the agriculture of the villagers and gave it dignity.

Seek ye first the Charkha and its concomitants and everything else will be added unto you.

The Charkha in the hands of a poor widow brings a paltry price to her, in the hands of Jawaharlal; it is an instrument of India's freedom.

The Charkha is intended to realize the essential and living oneness of interest among India's myriads.

The Charkha is an outward symbol of truth and nonviolence.