Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.

Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.

Action expresses priorities.

Complete civil disobedience is a state of peaceful rebellion, a refusal to obey every single state-made law.

All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.

The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart.