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

Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it. The deeper the search in the mind of truth, the richer the discovery of the gems buried there.

(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): ‘I think it would be a good idea.

Gracias a que se mantienen unidas y se mueven de manera conjunta milloners de gotas forman el mar, lo mismo debería ocurrir con los seres humanos

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

I may have become Christian, were it not for Christians.

Truthis like a vast tree, which yields more and more fruit, the more you nurture it

Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

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.

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

There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.

What barrier is there that love cannot break?

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

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

Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.

You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.

Those who believe religion and politics aren’t connected don’t understand either.

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.

Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim’s progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does the truth become error because nobody will see it.(Young India 1924-1926)

In fact, it is more correct to say that Truth is God, than to say that God is Truth.

True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelops the whole world.

It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there’ll be any fruit. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your...

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?

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

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)

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.

When every hope is gone, ‘when helpers fail and comforts flee,’ I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else...

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

I might be ready to embrace a snake, but, if one comes to bite you, I should kill it and protect you.

Selfishness is blind.

The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species.Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Be the change you want to see

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

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

Live simply so that others may simply live.

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

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

I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher

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.

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

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:- I shall not fear anyone on Earth. – I shall fear only God. – I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. – I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. – I shall conquer untruth by truth. And...

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

No hay caminos para la paz; la paz es el camino.

I hold that it is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others’religions as we would have them to respect our own, a friendly study of theworld’s religions is a sacred duty.