If one does not practice nonviolence in one's own personal relations with others and hopes to use it in bigger affairs, one is vastly mistaken.

I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.

On India rests the burden of pointing the way to all the exploited races of the earth.

For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world. I believe that they are all God- given and I believe that they were necessary for the people to whom these religions were revealed. And I believe that if only we could all of us read the scriptures of the different faiths from the standpoints of the followers of these faiths, we should find that they were at bottom all one and were all helpful to one another.

The control of the palate is a valuable aid for the control of the mind.

It is weakness which breeds fear, and fear breeds distrust.