Democracy, disciplined and enlightened, is the finest thing in the world.

What we can do, we will try to do.

I have an implicit faith ... that mankind can only be saved through non-violence, which is the central teaching of the Bible, as I have understood the Bible.

The Gita is not only my Bible and my Koran, it is more than that, it is my mother.

Many an individual has turned from the mean, personal, acquisitive point of view to one that sees society as a whole and works for its benefit. If there has been such a change in one person, there can be the same change in many.

Nonviolence requires great patience.

Moral restrictions tend to become lax in a foreign country, since the fear of social opinion disappears.