You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.
They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.
There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.
I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
Violence begins with the fork.
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.
If I had no sense of humor I should long ago have committed suicide.
It is man's social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent. Only an arrogant man will claim to be...