Mohandas K. Gandhi

What difference does it make to the dead . . . whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist, and Confucian.

Reporter: Mr Gandhi, what do you think of Western civilization ? I think it would be a good idea.

What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?

Golden shackles are far worse than iron ones.

Religions are different roads converging upon the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal?

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. ...It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Many could forgo heavy meals, a full wardrobe, a fine house, et cetera; it is the ego they cannot forgo.

Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped by the grain. It is a heart grasp.