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.
My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all embracing. The conception of my patriotism is nothing if it is not always, in every case, without exception, consistent with the broadest good of humanity at large.
When you practice a life of non-violence you no longer need seek the truth, the truth finds you.
Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.
Because no one sees the truth does not make it untrue.
Nonviolence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice – nonviolence springs from love, cowardice from hate.
If one person gains spiritually, the whole world gains.
Exploitation of the poor can be extinguished not by effecting the destruction of a few millionaires, but by removing the ignorance of the poor and teaching them to non-cooperate with their exploiters.
Your readiness to suffer will light the torch of freedom which will never be put out.
Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.
A great man may not do great things but they do ordinary things greatly.
There is a power now slumbering within us, which is awakened would do to evil what light does to darkness.
No human being is so bad as to be beyond redemption.
3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, but 9 is not prime; -in this incarnation.
Non -violence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment. Forgiveness is the ornament.
Every affliction has its own rich lesson to teach, if we would learn it.
Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never for the cowardly.
Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill.
Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.