Indian independence activist and leader who played a key role in the peaceful resistance movement against British colonial rule
Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
Where there is love there is life.
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.
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.
Morality is contraband in war.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
The good man is the friend of all living things.