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.

My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.

We find the general work of mankind is being carried on from day to day by the mass of people acting in harmony as if by instinct. If they were instinctively violent, the world would end in no time.

Nonviolence is the summit of bravery.

Everything we do is futile, but we must do it anyway.

Truth and ahimsa will never be destroyed.

Englishmen must learn to be Brahmins, not banias.