Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain.

Jesus, to me, is a great world teacher among others.

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. Without interrelation with society he cannot realize his oneness with the universe or suppress his egotism. His social interdependence enables him to test his faith and to prove himself on the touchstone of reality.

To double your successes, you might have to double your failure rate.

I would rather have India without education, if that is the price to be paid for making it dry.

Perfect nonviolence is difficult. It admits to no weakness.