The life of millions is my politics, from which I dare not free myself without denying my life-work and God.

Doubt is invariably the result of want or weakness of faith.

A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance.

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.

Hinduism with its message of ahimsa is to me the most glorious religion in the world.

... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I know we must all err. I would give up milk if I could, but I cannot. I have made that experiment times without number. I could not, after a serious illness, regain my strength, unless I went back to milk. That has been the tragedy of my life. But the basis of my vegetarianism is not physical, but moral. If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef tea or mutton, even on medical advice, I would prefer death. That is the basis of my vegetarianism.

Your readiness to suffer will light the torch of freedom which will never be put out.