Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed. |
No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. |
Self-respect knows no considerations. |
Each one prays to God according to his own light. |
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching. |
The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different. |
If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty. |
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. |
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another. |
But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac. |
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. |
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. |
Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith. |
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice. |
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. |
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. |
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. |
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. |
Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men. |
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up. |