"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart"
"Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being"
"I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill"
"Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point"
"Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself"
"Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment"
"Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress"
"Fear has its use but cowardice has none"
"Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances"
"Truth never damages a cause that is just"
"Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear"
"Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening"
"Non-violence is the article of faith"
"Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position"
"The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart"
"We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study"
"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed"
"The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body"
"It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh"
"In a gentle way, you can shake the world"
"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children"
"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress"
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty"
"Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion"
"Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another"
"Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom"
"Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive"
"Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared"
"If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm"
"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide"
"Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone"
"Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all"
"We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop"
"The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent"
"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer"
"To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body"
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever"
"I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force"
"You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind"
"Where there is love there is life"
"Where love is, there God is also"
"When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible"
"When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator"
"Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it"
"What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope"
"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea"
"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment"
"Poverty is the worst form of violence"
"Peace is its own reward"
"Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God"
