I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.

Ahimsa calls for the strength and courage to suffer without retaliation, to receive blows without returning any.

A satyagrahi may not ride two horses, truth and untruth, at the same time, nor, to change the metaphor, trim his sail to catch every breeze as you do in the name of communism.

A man of truth must ever be confident, if he has also equal need to be diffident.

I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him.

Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.

I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.