Faith is put to the test when the situation is most difficult.

People cannot hurt you without your permission.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

If India won her freedom through truth and non-violence, India would not only point the way to all the exploited Asiatic nations, she would become a torch-bearer for the Negro races.

Those who cannot renounce attachment to the results of their work are far from the path.

I cannot imagine anything nobler or more national than that for, say, one hour in the day we should all do the labor the poor must do, and thus identify ourselves with them and through them, with all mankind.

If light can come out of darkness, then alone can love emerge from hatred.