The day a woman can walk freely on the roads at night, that day we can say that India has achieved independence

Whatever strength the masses have is due entirely to ahimsa, however imperfect or defective its practice might have been.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

No matter how insignificant the thing you have to do, do it as well as you can, give it as much of your care and attention as you would give to the thing you regard as most important. For it will be by those small things that you shall be judged.

Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature.

I have even seen the writings suggesting that I am playing a deep game, that I am using the present turmoil to foist my fads on India, and am making religious experiments at India's expense. I can only answer that Satyagraha is made of sterner stuff. There is nothing reserved and nothing secret in it.

A friendship that exacts oneness of opinion and conduct is not worth much.