Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants.

I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity.

First they ignore you, then they denounce you, and then they say that they knew what you were saying all the time.

God cannot be so cruel and unjust as to make the distinctions of high and low between man and man, and woman and woman.

Our non-co-operation is with the system the English have established in India, with the material civilization and its attendant greed and exploitation of the weak.

Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion

Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course, under my suggestion, the Town Council must withdraw the Kaffirs from the Location. About this mixing of the Kaffirs with the Indians I must confess I feel most strongly. I think it is very unfair to the Indian population, and it is an undue tax on even the proverbial patience of my countrymen.