Indian independence activist and leader who played a key role in the peaceful resistance movement against British colonial rule
To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.
Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.