Experience gained in two schools under my control has taught me that punishment does not purify, if anything, it hardens children.

it's easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone

A satyagrahi cannot go to law for a personal wrong.

With God as witness, I want to proclaim this truth, that the way of violence cannot bring Swaraj, it can only lead to disaster.

It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet

Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.