Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.

The word 'defeat' is not to be found in my dictionary, and everyone who is selected as a recruit in my army may be certain that there is no defeat for a satyagrahi.

A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.

A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.

Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today.

The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.