... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I know we must all err. I would give up milk if I could, but I cannot. I have made that experiment times without number. I could not, after a serious illness, regain my strength, unless I went back to milk. That has been the tragedy of my life. But the basis of my vegetarianism is not physical, but moral. If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef tea or mutton, even on medical advice, I would prefer death. That is the basis of my vegetarianism.

Fear gone, there can be no hatred.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Untouchability is a many-headed monster and forms, some of them so subtle as not to be easily detected.

If all Christians acted like Christ, the whole world would be Christian.

Peace through superior violence inevitably leads to the atom bomb and all that it stands for.

Since the propagation of nonviolence is the mission of my life, I must pursue it in all weathers.