What I want to achieve, what I have been striving and pining for these thirty years, is self-realization, that is, to see God face to face.

I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.

My fight against untouchability is a fight against the impure in humanity.

Nothing can be more hurtful to an honourable man than that he should be accused of bad faith.

Nothing will demoralize the nation so much as that we should learn to despise labour.

There is only one God for us all, whether we find him through the Koran, the Zend-Avesta, The Tolmud, or the Gita.

A nonviolent man cannot desire embarrassment.