If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
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.
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.
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.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.