Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

My trust is solely in God. And I trust men only because I trust God. If I had no God to rely upon, I should be like Timon, a hater of my species.

Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith.

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.

Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.

Both heaven and hell are within us.