Active nonviolence of the brave puts to flight thieves, dacoits, murderers, and prepares an army of volunteers ready to sacrifice themselves in quelling riots, in extinguishing fires and feuds, and so on.

If an enemy strikes your left cheek, offer him your right.

My experience teaches me that truth can never be propagated by doing violence.

If I could wake all of the women of Asia, India could be won in a day.

It was the cowards who died many times before their death.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

No empire intoxicated with the red wine of power and the plunder of weaker races has yet lived long in this world.