Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. 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.

My mission is to convert every Indian, every Englishman and finally the world to nonviolence for regulating mutual relations, whether political, economic, social or religious.

Speed is irrelevant if you are going in the wrong direction.

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

The moment the cultivators of the soil realize their power, the evil of Zamindari will be sterilized.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

With every true friendship, we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests.