Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.

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..

I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without r….

If it weren't for Christians, I'd be a Christian..

God will not be God, if He allowed Himself to be the object of proof by His creatures..

The bravery of the nonviolent is vastly superior to that of the violent..

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 ….

The greatest help you can give me is to banish fear from your hearts..

It is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples..

You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a b….

Renunciation is the central sun, round which devotion, knowledge and the rest revolve like planets..

The life of millions is my politics, from which I dare not free myself without denying my life-work and God..

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion..

Hinduism does not rest on the authority of one book or one prophet, nor does it posses a common creed like the Kalma..

Without a belief in my programme and without an acceptance of my condition, you will ruin me, ruin yourselves and ruin the cause..

Non-violence should never be used as a shield for cowardice. It is a weapon for the brave..

I believe in the capacity of India to offer nonviolent battle to the English rulers..

God has so ordered this world that no one can keep his goodness or badness exclusively to himself..

My fast is a matter between God and myself..

Do not believe in telling people of one's faith, especially with a view to conversion. Faith must be lived, and when it is, it becomes self-propagati….

To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the. . . gift of leadership..