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Touch-me-notism that disfigures the present day Hinduism is a morbid growth.
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The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart.
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God is Truth, Truth is God.
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Man believes and lives.
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Civil disobedience means capacity for unlimited suffering, without the intoxicating excitement of killing.
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Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Samskrit learning.
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Nonviolence, applied to very large masses of mankind, is a new experiment in the history of the world.
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Running away for fear of death, leaving one's dear ones, temples or music to take care of themselves, is irreligion; it is cowardice.
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All religions enjoined worship of the One God who is all-pervasive. He is present even in a drop of water or in a tiny speck of dust.
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To give one's heart is to give all.
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There is no time limit for a satyagrahi nor is there a limit to his capacity for suffering.
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Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane.
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Freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day.
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Start changing yourself if you want to change the life around you.
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The sum total of karma is God.
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The nation cannot be kept on the nonviolent path by violence.
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The real implication of equal distribution is that each man shall have the wherewithal to supply all his natural needs and no more.
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A satyagrahi should have a living faith in God.
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Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else can in the world.
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I do regard spinning and weaving as a necessary part of any national system of education.
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Complete civil disobedience is a state of peaceful rebellion, a refusal to obey every single state-made law.
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I do believe that ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.
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What is imprisonment to the man who is fearless of death itself?
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Not violence, nor untruth but non-violence and Truth are the laws of our being.