The Story of My Experiments with Truth Quotes

Ahimsa means literally not-hurting, non-violence. (1.7.12)

I simply want to tell the story of my numerous experiments with truth, and as my life consists of nothing but those experiments, it is true that the story will take the shape of an autobiography. (...

There are innumerable definitions of God, because His manifestations are innumerable. They overwhelm me with wonder and awe and for a moment stun me. But I worship God as Truth only. (Introduction.6)

But I should certainly like to narrate my experiments in the spiritual field which are known only to myself, and from which I have derived such power as I possess for working in the political field...

I had a very bad night afterwards. A horrible nightmare haunted me. Every time I dropped off to sleep it would seem as though a live goat were bleating inside me, and I would jump up full of remors...

But [my experiments] are spiritual, or rather moral; for the essence of religion is morality. (Introduction.4)

In the opinion of the caste, your proposal to go to England is not proper. Our religion forbids voyages abroad. We have also heard that it is not possible to live there without compromising our rel...

I then had the false notion that gymnastics had nothing to do with education. Today I know that physical training should have as much place in the curriculum as mental training. (1.5.3)

Behold the mighty Englishman / He rules the Indian small, / Because being a meat-eater / He is five cubits tall. (1.6.9)

I am sure that, had my love for her [his wife] been absolutely untainted with lust, she would be a learned lady today; for I could then have conquered her dislike for studies. I know that nothing i...