Intolerance is a species of violence and therefore against our creed.

It's a big error to dream of a society where nobody needs to be good.

Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.

The measure of a society can be how well its people treat its animals

It is much more difficult to live for nonviolence than to die for it.

Prayer is either petitional or, in its wider sense, inward communion.

Religion is not like a house or a cloak which can be changed at will.

Work for Swaraj fails to appeal to us because we have no music in us.

India has an unbroken tradition of nonviolence from times immemorial.

A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.

The thing about you Christians, is that you are so unlike your Christ.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life.

A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.

The khadi spirit means fellow-feeling with every human being on earth.

I can combine the greatest love with the greatest opposition to wrong.

In the Gita continuous concentration on God is the king of sacrifices.

Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

It is possible to reason out the existence of God to a limited extent.

Dignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life.

Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.

No police or military in the world can protect people who are cowards.

Democracy can only represent the average if not less than the average.

The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.

If I could wake all of the women of Asia, India could be won in a day.

... the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties driven asunder.

Shraddha means self-confidence and self-confidence means faith in God.

Ours has not been unadulterated nonviolence in thought, word and deed.

God has given us only a limited sphere of action and a limited vision.

It is my conviction that the root of evil is the want of a living God.

An India prostrate at the feet of Europe can give no hope to humanity.

The meaning of prayer is that I want to evoke that Divinity within me.

You have the choice to create the life your heart is yearning to live.

I am in the world feeling my way to light 'amid the encircling gloom.'

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

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

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

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

Terrorism and deception are weapons not of the strong, but of the weak.

History has no record of a nation having adopted nonviolent resistance.

A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he has done to his fellowmen.

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

The woman who knows and fulfils her duty realizes her dignified status.

It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent.

I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God.

There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

Healthy, well-informed, balanced criticism is the ozone of public life.

Women are special custodians of all that is pure and religious in life.

God alone is the judge of true greatness because He knows men's hearts.

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