It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.
It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.
Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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 coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
