"I have been practicing, with scientific precision, nonviolence and its possibilities for an unbroken period of over fifty years."
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"I have been practicing, with scientific precision, nonviolence and its possibilities for an unbroken period of over fifty years."
"Nonviolence of the strong is infinitely braver than their violence."
"Nonviolence or soul force does not need physical aids for its propagation of effect."
"To benefit by others' killing and to delude oneself into the belief that one is being very religions and nonviolent is sheer self-deception."
"True religion being the greatest thing in life and in the world, has been exploited the most."
"Politics bereft of religion is absolute dirt, ever to be shunned."
"Even a little of dharma saves one from many a pitfall."
"Dharma is that which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appeals to the heart."
"Belief in one God is the cornerstone of all religions."
"If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide."
"My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself."
"It was through the Hindu religion that I learnt to respect Christianity and Islam."
"I desire no honour if I have to conceal my religious beliefs in order to have it."
"It is not part of religion to breed buffaloes or, for that matter, cows."
"True material welfare is never inconsistent with performance of religious obligations."
"The external is in no way the essence of religion, but the external often proclaims the internal."
"The highest fulfillment of religion requires a giving up of all possessions."
"A religion cannot be sustained by the number of its lip-followers denying in their lives its tenets."
"All religions are branches of the same mighty tree, but I must not change over from one branch to another for the sake of expediency."
"All religions teach that two opposite forces act upon us and the human endeavour consists in a series of eternal rejections and acceptances."