Truth, which is permanent, eludes the historian of events. Truth transcends history.

Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped by the grain. It is a heart grasp.

My Hinduism must be a very poor thing if it cannot flourish even under the most adverse influence.

Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine.

It is much more difficult to live for nonviolence than to die for it.

The movement of nonviolent non-co-operation has nothing in common with the historical struggles for freedom in the West.

It is impossible that God, who is the God of Justice, could have made the distinctions that men observe today in the name of religion.