Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they alw...
It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
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.
Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.