Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

India's way is not Europe's. India is not Calcutta and Bombay. India lives in her seven hundred thousand villages.

In a self-respecting India, is not every woman's virtue as much every man's concern as his own sister's?

Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it.

Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.

My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing, mundane or super mundane.

Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action.