Nonviolence in the sense of mere non-killing does not appear to me, therefore, to be of any improvement on the technique of violence.

As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings notwithstanding.

Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any.

The soul of India lives in its villages.

There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune.

You may pluck out my eyes, but that cannot kill me. You may chop off my nose, but that will not kill me. But blast my belief in God, and I am dead.

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-propagating