We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body.

There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

Without an unreserved surrender to His grace, complete mastery over thoughts is impossible.

Had we adopted non-violence as the weapon of the strong, because we realised that it was more effective than any other weapon, in fact the mightiest force in the world, we would have made use of its full potency and not have discarded it as soon as the fight against the British was over or we were in a position to wield conventional weapons. But as I have already said, we adopted it out of our helplessness. If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.

There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.

I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.

Find yourself by losing yourself for others.