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.

We are all very imperfect and weak things, and if we are to destroy all whose ways we do not like, there will be not a man left alive.

For Hindus to expect Islam, Christianity or Zoroastrianism to be driven out of India is as idle a dream as it would be for Mussalmans to have only Islam of their imagination rule the world.

The method of satyagraha requires that the satyagrahi should never lose hope, so long as there is the slightest ground left for it.

Life becomes livable only to the extent that death is treated as a friend, never as an enemy.

The sky may be overcast today with clouds, but a fervent prayer to God is enough to dispel them.

The ally we must cultivate is the part of our enemy which knows the truth.