“Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.”
“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”
“To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.”
“The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.”
“Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.”
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
“Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.”
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem.”
“The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.”
“A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.”
“Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.”
“Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.”
“The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave. His fetters fall... freedom and slavery are mental states.”
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
“If Christians would really live according to the teachings of Christ, as found in the Bible, all of India would be Christian today.”
“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
“Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be inseparable part of our very being.”
“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.”
“A ''No'' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a ''Yes'' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.”
“My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind.”
“Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.”
“Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.”
“I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.”
“The mantram becomes one's staff of life and carries one through every ordeal. Each repetition has a new meaning, carrying you nearer and nearer to God.”
“Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving.”
“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world -- that is the myth of the atomic age -- as in being able to remake ourselves.”
“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.”
“A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.”
“A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.”
“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.”