God has so ordered this world that no one can keep his goodness or badness exclusively to himself.

Education in the understanding of citizenship is a short-term affair if we are honest and earnest.

No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

I believe that just as everyone inherits a particular form so does he inherit the particular characteristics and qualities of his progenitors, and to make this admission is to conserve one's energy.

We are too near the scene of tragedy to realize that this canker or untouchability has traveled far beyond its prescribed limits and has sapped the very foundation of the whole nation.

Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.