“Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.”
“My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities.”
“Bullies are always to be found where there are cowards.”
“To ignore the Mussalman grievance as if it was not felt is to postpone Swaraj.”
“Renunciation means absence of hankering after fruit.”
“Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.”
“Tolerance is the only thing that will enable persons belonging to different religions to live as good neighbours and friends.”
“Under ideal conditions, the barrister and the bhangi (sweeper) should both get the same payment.”
“If one takes care of the means, the end will take care of itself.”
“But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.”
“India's freedom must revolutionize the world's outlook upon Peace and War.”
“Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.”
“Newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.”
“One of the objects of a newspaper is to understand popular feeling and to give expression to it; another is to arouse among the people certain desirable sentiments; and the third is fearlessly to expose popular defects.”
“As the means, so the end.”
“It is an ever-growing belief with me that truth cannot be found by violent means.”
“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 a rule I had a distaste for any reading beyond my school books.”
“Drink is not a fashion in India, as it is in the West.”
“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.”
“There are unjust laws as there are unjust men.”
“I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.”
“The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.”
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
“Love is the law of life.”
