I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian.

For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions.

Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth.

God's time never stops.

My knowledge of the letter of the Shastras is better, but of true religion they are able to give me but little.

But you can wake a man only if he is really asleep. No effort that you make will produce any effect upon him if he is merely pretending sleep.

Non-co-operation in an angry atmosphere is an impossibility.