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.

Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow labourers and not be self-seeking.

The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private.

My religion teaches me to love all equally.

It is for you and me to show that no vice is inherent in man.

I do not like the word tolerance, but could not think of a better one. Tolerance implies a gratuitous assumption of the inferiority of other faiths to one

Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights.