A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.

In the application of the method of non-violence, one must believe in the possibility of every person, however depraved, being reformed under humane and skilled treatment.

Children inherit the qualities of the parents, no less than their physical features. Environment does play an important part, but the original capital on which a child starts in life is inherited from its ancestors. I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.

When a man vowed to nonviolence as the law governing human beings dares to refer to war, he can only do it so as to strain every nerve to avoid it.

Nonviolence is an intensely active force when properly understood and used.

Mass illiteracy is India's sin and shame and must be liquidated.