What is Truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the "voice within" tells you. All that I can in true humility present to you is that Truth is not to be found by anybody who has not got an abundant sense of humility. If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth you must reduce yourself to zero.

I would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.

My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.

The greatest lessons in life, if we would but stoop and humble ourselves, we would learn not from the grown-up learned men, but from the so-called ignorant children.

The spirit of democracy cannot be superimposed from the outside. It must come from within.

India's way is not Europe's. India is not Calcutta and Bombay. India lives in her seven hundred thousand villages.

Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.