Freedom received though the efforts of others, however benevolent, cannot be retained when such effort is withdrawn.

What I want to achieve, what I have been striving and pining for these thirty years, is self-realization, that is, to see God face to face.

Man is the maker of his own destiny, and I therefore ask you to become makers of your own destiny.

Satyagraha and civil disobedience and fasts have nothing in common with the use of force, veiled or open.

Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.

Naked violence repels like the naked skeleton shorn of flesh, blood and the velvety skin.

If you want real peace in the world, start with children.