For me the only certain means of knowing God is nonviolence, ahimsa, love.

Khadi will cease to have any value in my eyes if it does not usefully employ the millions.

To die in the act of killing is, in essence, to die defeated.

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior.

When I see a cow, it is not an animal to eat, it is a poem of pity for me and I worship it and I shall defend its worship against the whole world.

If you want to change the world, start with yourself.

My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all-embracing and I should reject that patriotism which sought to mount the distress or exploitation of other nationalities.