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When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.
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Nothing depends upon the death of an individual, be he ever so great, but much depends upon the freedom of India.
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Every moment of my life I realize that God is putting me on my trial.
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The art of producing good music from a cultivated voice can be achieved by many, but the art of producing that music from the harmony of a pure life is achieved very rarely.
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By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit.
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A scavenger who works in His service shares equal distinction with a king who uses his gifts in His name and is a mere trustee.
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If you want a change in the world, be the change.
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A man of faith does not bargain or stipulate with God.
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I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity.
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The attack on untouchability is an attack on this high-and low-ness.
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To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.
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Prayer is either petitional or, in its wider sense, inward communion.
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A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.
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I think it would be an excellent idea.
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The art that is in the machine-made article, appeals only to the eye; the art in Khadi appeals first to the heart and then to the eye.
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There can be no rule of God in the present state of iniquitous inequalities in which a few roll in riches and the masses do not get enough to eat.
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The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood.
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Don't listen to friends when the Friend inside you says "Do this."
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Learning takes us through many states of life, but it fails utterly in the hour of danger and temptation. Then faith alone saves.
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A friendship that exacts oneness of opinion and conduct is not worth much.
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The greatest lessons in life, if we would but stoop and humble ourselves, we would learn not from the grown-up learned men, but from the so-called ignorant children.
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In the very act of my non-cooperation, I am seeking their cooperation in my campaign.
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Doubt is invariably the result of want or weakness of faith.
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A successful bloody revolution can only mean further misery for the masses.