The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

Man becomes not the lord and master of all creation but he is its servant.

Life is but an endless series of experiments.

A nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought.

True ahimsa lay in running into the mouth of himsa.