Indian independence activist and leader who played a key role in the peaceful resistance movement against British colonial rule
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
Peace is its own reward.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.