For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions.

The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.

The best way of losing a cause is to abuse your opponent and to trade upon his weakness.

Thanks to the Court's decision, only clean Indians (meaning upper caste Hindu Indians) or colored people other than Kaffirs, can now travel in the trains.

I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity in the profession of medicine and that it is injurious to mankind.

I believe in trusting. Trust begets trust. Suspicion is foetid and only stinks. He who trusts has never yet lost in the world.

What is gained by violence must be lost before superior violence.