The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves.
It’s very dangerous to mix up the words natural and habitual. We have been trained to be quite habitual at communicating in ways that are quite unnatural.
It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent means.
Of all the black crimes that humanity is committing against the great Creation, vivisection is the blackest.
Is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater courage? Without her, man would not be. If nonviolence is to be the law of our being, the future is with women.
There are sufficient resources on this planet to answer the needs of all, but not enough to satisfy everyone’s greed.
I do not believe that the spiritual law works on a field of its own. On the contrary, it expresses itself only through the ordinary activities of life. It thus affects the economic, the social and the political fields.
We may attack systems. We must not attack men.
The best way of losing a cause is to abuse your opponent and to trade upon his weakness.
The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that, too, unconditional assistance.
Today, as it was 2,000 years ago, the Kingdom of God is within each of us. It is not within a church, a temple, a mosque or synagogue.
Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence.
For the poor, the economic is spiritual.
I am conscious of my own limitations. That consciousness is my only strength.
I have in my life never been guilty of saying things I did not mean – my nature is to go straight to the heart and if often I fail in doing so for the time being, I know that Truth ultimately makes itself heard and felt, as it has often done in my experience.
I believe in the absolute oneness of God and, therefore, also of humanity. I have always believed God to be without form. What I did hear was like a Voice from afar, and yet quite near.
A nation that is capable of limitless sacrifice is capable of rising to limitless heights. The purer the sacrifice the quicker the progress.
Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation – these are the inherent qualities of a civil resister.
You will eat not to satisfy your palate but your hunger. A self-indulgent man lives to eat; a self-restrained man eats to live.
A certain degree of physical harmony and comfort is necessary, but above a certain level it becomes a hindrance instead of a help. Therefore the ideal of creating an unlimited number of wants and satisfying them seems to be a delusion and a snare.