My politics is my religion, my religion is my politics.

There’s no God higher than truth.

Friendship that insists upon agreement on all things isn’t worth the name.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In the very first month of Indian Opinion, I realized that the sole aim of journalism should be service. The newspaper press is a great power, but just as an unchained torrent of water submerges...

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by...

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.

I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for...

Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers.

What barrier is there that love cannot break?

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.

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

Stoning prophets and erecting churches to their memory afterwards has been the way of the world through the ages. Today we worship Christ, but the Christ in the flesh we crucified.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions...

The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles.”(Young India, 22 October 1925)

If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.

True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the ‘still small voice’ within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have...

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.

To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.

Good travels at a snail’s pace. Those who want to do good are not selfish, they are not in a hurry, they know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time.

There is no such thing as ‘too insane’ unless others turn up dead due to your actions.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one...

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

jika sebuah mata harus dibalas dengan sebuah mata, hanya akan membuat seluruh dunia ini buta

And he who would be friends with God must remain alone, or make the whole world his friend

It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.

Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.

I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.

I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown of my feet by any

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?

The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

Um homem não pode fazer o certo numa área da vida, enquanto está ocupado em fazer o errado em outra. A vida é um todo indivisível.

Action expresses priorities.

Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.

There are seven things that will destroy us:Wealth without work;Pleasure without conscience;Knowledge without character;Religion without sacrifice;Politics without principle;Science without humanity;Business without ethics.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect and their oneness, and should insist upon choosing as their representatives only such persons as are good and true.

There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.

Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.