What distinguishes man from the brute is his conscious striving to realise the spirit within.

I do not regard killing or assassination or terrorism as good in any circumstances whatsoever.

Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.

The Swaraj of my dream recognizes no race or religious distinctions.

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

It is beneath human dignity to lose one's individuality and become a mere cog in the machine.

It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words. God did not bear the cross only two thousand years ago. He bears it today, and he dies and is resurrected from day to day. It would be a poor comfort to the world if it had to depend on a historical God who died two thousand years ago. Do not, then, preach the God of history, but show him as he lives today through you.