If I arrogate to myself the exclusive title of being in the right, I usurp the function of the Deity.

A nonviolent man cannot desire embarrassment.

I do not wish my house to be walled and my windows stuffed. I want all cultures to blow freely through my dwelling.

I want for India complete independence in the full English sense of that English term.

Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.

Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom cometh out of the mouths of babes.

I well remember how the thoughts I had up to the time of my discharge from the jail on every occasion were modified immediately after discharge, and after getting first-hand information myself. Somehow or other the jail atmosphere does not allow you to have all the bearings in your mind.