We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

God forbid that India should ever become a military nation, which would be a menace to the peace of the world, and yet if things went on as they were doing, what hope was there for India and, therefore, for the world?

A satyagrahi is dead to his body even before the enemy attempts to kill him.

Truth is God, and truth overrides all our plans.

A religion cannot be sustained by the number of its lip-followers denying in their lives its tenets.

If it is possible for the human tongue to give the fullest description of God, I have come to the conclusion that God is Truth.

With my meager knowledge of my own religion I do not want to belong to any religious body