I have been practicing, with scientific precision, nonviolence and its possibilities for an unbroken period of over fifty years..

The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himsel….

Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize what a tremendous advantage she has over man. A….

My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill..

For a bowl of water give a goodly meal; For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal; For a simple penny pay thou back with gold; If thy life be res….

Start changing yourself if you want to change the life around you..

The sacred thread and the tuft of hair without a pure heart and a spirit of toleration do not make a Hindu..

If there is violence, it will certainly be crushed because violence can only end in a disgraceful rout..

Hinduism has absorbed the best of all the faiths of the world and in that sense Hinduism is not an exclusive religion..

I see a clear breach of ahimsa even in driving away monkeys; the breach would be proportionately greater if they have to be killed..

Khadi service, village service and Harijan service are one in reality, though three in name..

If we are to stand the final heat of the battle, we must learn to stand our ground in the face of cavalry or baton charges and allow ourselves to be ….

The villagers want bread-not butter-and disciplined work, some work that will supplement their agricultural avocations which do not go on for all the….

People become what they expect themselves to become.

Religion of our conception, thus imperfect, is always subject to a process of evolution and re-interpretation..

We have to tackle the triple malady which holds our villages fast in its grip; want of corporate sanitation, deficient diet and inertia..

The canker has so eaten into the society that in many cases the only meaning of education is a knowledge of English..

Englishmen must learn to be Brahmins, not banias..

The English language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing..

Non-co-operation is the nation's notice that it is no longer satisfied to be in tutelage..

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace..