The earth, the air, the land and the water are not an inheritance from our fore fathers but on loan from our children. So we have to handover to them at least as it was handed over to us.

So far as I can see the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained mankind for ages.

Ashram means a community of men of religion. I feel that an ashram was a necessity of life for me.

A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.

When you want to find Truth as God, the only inevitable means is love, that is nonviolence.

Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.

Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all.