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

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

And everyone who wills can hear the Voice. It is within every one. But like everything else it requires previous and definite preparation.

Hatred is not essential for nationalism. Race hatred will kill the real national spirit.

We become Godlike to the extent we realize nonviolence, but we can never become wholly God.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

The very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation.