To find truth completely is to realize oneself and one's destiny, i.e. to become perfect.

It will be necessary for us Indians - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis and all others to whom India is their home - to recognize a common flag to live and die for.

My creed of nonviolence is an extremely active force.

Exploitation of the poor can be extinguished not by effecting the destruction of a few millionaires, but by removing the ignorance of the poor and teaching them to non-cooperate with their exploiters.

I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.

I have no secret methods. I know no diplomacy save that of truth. I have no weapon but non-violence.

The Khaddar of my conception is that handspun cloth entirely takes the place of mill cloth in India.