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.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.

It took Britain half the resources of the planet to achieve its prosperity; how many planets will a country like India require?

To kill these (rabid) dogs, in my opinion, amount to himsa, but I believe it to be inevitable if we are to escape much greater himsa.

The nonviolent man automatically becomes a servant of God.

Purification being highly infectious, purification of oneself necessarily leads to the purification of one's surroundings.