If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence.

What is it but my ahimsa that draws thousands of women to me in fearless confidence?

If you approached people with trust and affection you would have ten-fold trust and thousand-fold.

True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelops the whole world.

God alone is the judge of true greatness because He knows men's hearts.

It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today. It is an error which is perhaps the greatest impediment to the world's progress toward peace. ... Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?

What distinguishes man from the brute is his conscious striving to realise the spirit within.