- Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
- Ahimsa means not to injure any creature by thought, word or deed, not even to the supposed advantage of this creature.
- I claim no perfection for myself. But I do claim to be a passionate seeker after Truth, which is but another name for God.
- I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
- Poverty is but the worst form of violence.
- Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
- Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul.
- The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.
- Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
- It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
- It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
- You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.
- Whatever you do may be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.