Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent. It is otherwise with mental non-violence. It has potency which the world does not yet know.

Do not worry about what others are doing! Each of us should turn the searchlight inward and purify his or her own heart as much as possible.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. There is nothing more potent than thought. Deed follows word and word follows thought. The word is the result of a mighty thought, and where the thought is mighty and pure the result is always mighty and pure.

In a plan of life based on nonviolence, woman has as much right to shape her own destiny as man has to shape his.

The world easily finds an honourable place for the magician who produces new and dazzling things.

The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.