Whoever is victor, there should be, after the war, a commonwealth of all nations.

At times, non-co-operation becomes as much a duty as co-operation.

Ahimsa is the strongest force known.

Whatever does not exist in the body can't be found in the universe, and whatever exists in the universe can be found in the body.

The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood.

The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy.

The concepts of truth may differ. But all admit and respect truth. That truth I call God. For sometime I was saying, "God is Truth," but that did not satisfy me. So now I say, "Truth is God."