"Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself."

"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread."

"If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty."

"Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her."

"I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world."

"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 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."

"Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit."

"Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well."

"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act."

"Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness."

"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble."

"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."

"Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being."

"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory."

"Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone."

"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."

"I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers."

"All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take."

"Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort."

"The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart."

"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves."

"In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place."

"Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy."

"Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment."

"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."

"Non-violence is the article of faith."

"Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having."

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?"

"Truth never damages a cause that is just."

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action."

"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."

"God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained."

"Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding."

"Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained."

"Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom."

"Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good."

"Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts."

"Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it."

"I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following."

"Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience."

"Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession."

"A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion."

"It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh."

"We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it."

"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem."

"All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth."

"Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed."

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."