Cow-slaughter can never be stopped by law.

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

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

If God holds me to be a pure instrument for the spread of nonviolence in place of the awful violence now ruling the earth, He will give me the strength and show me the way.

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality.

A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.

My soul refuses to be satisfied so long as it is a helpless witness of a single wrong or a single misery.