I considered becoming a Christian... until I met one.

On India rests the burden of pointing the way to all the exploited races of the earth.

It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their armlessness into the central means for deliverance.

I know nothing of the science of astrology and I consider it to be a science, if it is a science, of doubtful value, to be severely left alone by those who have any faith in Providence.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

Perfect nonviolence is difficult. It admits to no weakness.

Human nature will find itself only when it fully realizes that to be human it has to cease to be beastly or brutal.