Indian independence activist and leader who played a key role in the peaceful resistance movement against British colonial rule
Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.
Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.
Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.
Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.