If there was any teacher in the world who insisted upon the inexorable law of cause and effect, it was Gautam, and yet my friends, the Buddhists outside India, would, if they could, avoid the effects of their own acts.

Anything that exists is possible.

Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?

Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within the states or in British India.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.

For me patriotism is the sme as humanity. I am patriotic because I am human and humane. It is not exclusive. I will not hurt England or Germany to serve India . . . My patriotism is inclusive and admits of no enmity or ill-will.