If God is not a personal being for me like my earthly father, He is infinitely more.

Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.

There is always enough for the needy, there is never enough for the greedy.

For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.

Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it. The deeper the search in the mind of truth, the richer the discovery of the gems buried there.

I want India to come into her own and that state cannot be better defined by any single word than Swaraj.

Ahimsa is no mere theory with me, but it is a fact of life based on extensive experience.