Do not concentrate on showing the misdeeds of the government, for we have to convert and befriend those who run it.

My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.

When you know the truth, the truth makes you a soldier.

The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.

I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the weak. I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the strongest. I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

Public opinion alone can keep a society pure and healthy.

Every good movement passes through five stages, indifference, ridicule, abuse, repression, and respect.