“What better book can there be than the book of humanity.”
“We have to be the change we want in the world.”
“The weapon of nonviolence does not need supermen or superwomen to wield it; even beings of common clay can use it and have used it before this with success.”
“The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.”
“Freedom is like birth. Till we are fully free, we are slaves.”
“It is as much our obligation not to cooperate with evil as it is to cooperate with good”
“All religions teach that two opposite forces act upon us and the human endeavour consists in a series of eternal rejections and acceptances.”
“The unlimited capacity of the plant world to sustain man at his highest is a region as yet unexplored by modern science.”
“The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers.”
“Non-co-operation is the quickest method of creating public opinion.”
“Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.”
“There is little that separates humans from other sentient beings - we all feel joy, we all deeply crave to be alive and to live freely, and we all share this planet together.”
“Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
“If the Commander-in-Chief will look beyond the defence forces, he will discover that the real India is not military but peace-loving.”
“Illness or disease is only Nature's warning that filth has accumulated in some portion or other of the body; and it would surely be the part of wisdom to allow Nature to remove the filth, instead of covering it up with the help of medicines.”
“Unity among the different races and the different religions of India is indispensable to the birth of national life.”
“The first condition of humaneness is a little humility and a little diffidence about the correctness of one's conduct and a little receptiveness.”
“History is a record of perpetual wars, but we are now trying to make new history.”
“I learnt from Hussein how to achieve victory while being oppressed.”
“Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.”
“It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent means.”
“Nonviolence is an intensely active force when properly understood and used.”
“Our non-co-operation is with the system the English have established in India, with the material civilization and its attendant greed and exploitation of the weak.”
“In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.”
“A labourer cannot sit at the table and write, but a man who has worked at the table all his life can certainly take to physical labour.”
