Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state.

Old as I am in age, I have no feeling that I have ceased to grow inwardly or that my growth will stop at the dissolution of the flesh. What I am concerned with is my readiness to obey the call of Truth, my God, from moment to moment, no matter how inconsistent it may appear. My commitment is to Truth, not to consistency.

What is gained by violence must be lost before superior violence.

The satyagrahi general has to obey his inner voice, for over and above the situation outside he examines himself constantly and listens to the dictates of the inner self.

To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.

Is a civilization worth the name, which requires, for its existence the very doubtful prop of a racial legislation and a lynch law?

The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.