The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.

Moral restrictions tend to become lax in a foreign country, since the fear of social opinion disappears.

I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.

The highest religion has been defined by a negative word: ahimsa.

Freedom received though the efforts of others, however benevolent, cannot be retained when such effort is withdrawn.

I believe in God, not as a theory but as a fact more real than life itself.

Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving.