Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.

Just think out for yourselves, if a man who was good yesterday has become bad after having come in contact with me, is he responsible that he has deteriorated or am I? ... It is well to take the blame sometimes.

Nonviolence of the strong is infinitely braver than their violence.

I must declare that it is better for India do discard violence altogether even for defending her borders.

A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth, you must reduce yourself to a zero.