A democrat should not rely upon the force of the arms his state could flaunt in the face of the world, but on the moral force his state could put at the disposal of the world.

My knowledge of the letter of the Shastras is better, but of true religion they are able to give me but little.

Truth is my religion and ahimsa is the only way of its realization.

Nonviolence does not require any outside or outward training.

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul.

I have made the world's faith in God my own and as my faith is effaceable, I regard that faith as amounting to experience.

You can't lead a true life without suffering