Men are good. But they are poor victims making themselves miserable under the false belief that they are doing good.

Where there are millions upon millions of units of idle labour, it is no use thinking of labour-saving devices.

If India is not to declare spiritual bankruptcy, religious instruction of its youth must be held to be at least as necessary as secular instruction.

Those who are truthful, nonviolent and brave do not cease to be so because of the stupidity of their leader.

Men aspiring to be free can hardly think of enslaving others.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.