It took Britain half the resources of the planet to achieve its prosperity; how many planets will a country like India require?

The world is touched by sacrifice. It does not then discriminate about the merits of a cause. No so God - He is all seeing. He insists on the purity of the cause and on adequate sacrifice thereof.

You cannot cure a lesser evil by a greater evil.

My creed of nonviolence is an extremely active force.

We must widen the circle of our love till it embraces the whole village; the village in its turn must take into its fold the district, the district the province, and so on until the scope of our love becomes co-terminous with the world.

Where my own mission is concerned, my thought is active, and I try to wish everyone well in spite of doubts and mistrust.

Simplicity is the essence of universality.