There can be in the eyes of God no distinction between man and man, even as there is no distinction between animal and animal.

If there ever is to be a republic of every village in India, then I claim verity for my picture in which the last is equal to the first or, in other words, no one is to be the first and none the last.

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

A person who believes in nonviolence believes in a living God. He cannot accept defeat.

Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.

The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves.

My nonviolence is made of stern stuff. It is firmer than the firmest metal known to scientists.