Fear gone, there can be no hatred.

Nonviolence means an ocean of compassion. It means shedding from us every trace of ill will for others. It does not mean abjectness or timidity, or fleeing in fear. It means, on the contrary, firmness of mind and courage, a resolute spirit.

The idol in the temple is not God. But since God resides in every atom, He resides in that idol too.

If India becomes the slave of the machine, then, I say, heaven save the world.

Our children should not be so taught as to despise labour.

Force, violence, pressure, or compulsion with a view to conformity, are both uncivilized and undemocratic

I have not conceived my mission to be that of a knight-errant wandering everywhere to deliver people from difficult situations. My humble occupation has been to show people how they can solve their own difficulties.