Disorder and violence are, in fact, things that might check the pace of India's progress.

Religion is entirely a personal matter. Each one could approach his Creator as he liked.

Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian.

It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives.

Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

I shall, of course, die with nonviolence on my lips.

The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind.