Indian independence activist and leader who played a key role in the peaceful resistance movement against British colonial rule
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.
But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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.
A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.