There is no such thing as compulsion in the scheme of nonviolence.

To slight a single human being, is to slight those divine powers and thus to harm not only that being but with him, the whole world.

I call God long-suffering and patient precisely because He permits evil in the world. I know that He has no evil in Him and yet if there is evil, He is the author of it and yet untouched by it.

No stone should be left unturned to bring home to the family members that untouchability is a sin and a blot on Hinduism.

Swaraj means, a state such that we can maintain our separate existence without the presence of the English.

For me, the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore, they are equally true, though being received and interpreted through human instruments equally imperfect.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.