Whilst power, superimposed, always needs the help of the police and the military, power generated from within should have little or no use of them.

Satyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life.

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.

[It] is impossible for us to establish a living vital connection with the masses unless we will work for them, through them and in their midst, not as their patrons but as their servants.

Nonviolence is a universal principle and its operation is not limited by a hostile environment.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Nonviolent non-co-operation, I am convinced, is a sacred duty at times.