There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

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.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

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.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Action expresses priorities.