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

Khaddar is an attempt to revise and reverse the process and establish a better relationship between the cities and villages.

It was the cowards who died many times before their death.

It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today. It is an error which is perhaps the greatest impediment to the world's progress toward peace. ... Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?

The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.

Everyone has faith in God though everyone does not know it. For everyone has faith in himself and that multiplied to the nth degree is God. The sum total of all that lives is God. We may not be God, but we are of God, even as a little drop of water is of the ocean.

A nonviolent occupation is that occupation which is fundamentally free from violence and which involves no exploitation or envy of others.