My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. . . . In a gentle way you can shake the world.

Domestic matters are trifles for us. But they occupy the principal part of my life. They teach me to know my limitations.

Restore the spinning wheel to its place and you will solve the problem of poverty.

A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.

I condemn, for all climes and for all times, secret murders and unfair methods even for a fair cause.

In fact, it is more correct to say that Truth is God, than to say that God is Truth.

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.