Even the most sublime ideas sound ridiculous if heard too often. Be the change that you want to see in the world.
It is pleasant that there will be no religions in heaven.
A friendship that exacts oneness of opinion and conduct is not worth much.
Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.
Whatever does not exist in the body can’t be found in the universe, and whatever exists in the universe can be found in the body.
Apparently, I’ve acted like a terrorist. But I’m not a terrorist.
It is the best thing to blame ourselves when people cannot get on well with us. Boundless charity necessarily includes all or it ceases to be boundless. We must be strict with ourselves and lenient with our neighbors. For we know not their difficulties and what they overcome.
The golden rule to apply in all such cases is resolutely to refuse to have what millions cannot.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
Make injustice visible.
No effort is complete without prayer – without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God’s blessing behind it.
With every true friendship we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests. Thought by thought and act by act, with every breath we build more firmly the kingdom of non-violence that is the true home of the spirit of humanity.
Unrestricted individualism is the law of the beast of the jungle.
Complete independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed.
I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.
It is a mark of wisdom not to kick away the very step from which we have risen higher. The removal of one step from a staircase brings down the whole of it.
You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees.
My idea of village SWARAJ is that it is a complete republic, independent of its neighbors for its own vital wants, and yet interdependent for many others in which dependence is a necessity.
When I don’t understand something, I reach up and hold God’s hand. And we walk together in silence.
I once killed a man for snoring too loudly.