My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.

I am the only one, whom you may find it hard to get rid of, for I have always counted myself as a woman.

I believe that there is no prayer without fasting, and there is no real fast without prayer.

Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value.

When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.

I would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.

I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death rather than kill him.