Religion is not what is grasped by the brain, but a heart grasp.

The reaction that a ruthless dictator sets up in us either that of awe or pity according respectively as we react to him violently on nonviolently.

In Hinduism we have got an admirable foot-rule to measure every shastra and every rule of conduct, and that is truth.

Satyagraha and civil disobedience and fasts have nothing in common with the use of force, veiled or open.

Domestic matters are trifles for us. But they occupy the principal part of my life. They teach me to know my limitations.

Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.

All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.