I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.

We do want to drive out the beast in man, but we do not want on that account to emasculate him.

No man could look upon another as his enemy, unless he first became his own enemy.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

I would bend the knee before the poorest scavenger, the poorest untouchable in India for having participated in crushing him for centuries; I would even take the dust off his feet.

Hitler is a scourge sent by God to punish men for their iniquities.