Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

I worship the God that is Truth or Truth which is God through the service of these millions.

Real non-co-operation is non-co-operation with evil and not with the evil-doer.

The man who coerces another not to eat fish commits more violence than he who eats it.

Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.

It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilised men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence.

Destruction is not the law of humans. Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him. Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity.