Religion is not what is grasped by the brain, but a heart grasp.

Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.

Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?

Satyagraha is an attribute of the spirit within.

I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical standpoint.

I swear by swadeshi as it affords occasion for ample exercise of all our faculties and it tests every one of the millions of men and women, young and old.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.