A clear victory of satyagraha is impossible so long as there is ill will.

Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.

The sacred thread and the tuft of hair without a pure heart and a spirit of toleration do not make a Hindu.

It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today. It is an error which is perhaps the greatest impediment to the world's progress toward peace. ... Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?

Knowledge of the tallest scientist or the greatest spiritualist is like a particle of dust.

To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.

If India adopted the doctrine of love as an active part of her religion and introduced it in her politics. Swaraj would descend upon India from heaven. But I am painfully aware that that event is far off as yet.