My method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant. I know that method to be infallible.

Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all.

What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?

To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: search after Truth through non-violent means. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth.

Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize what a tremendous advantage she has over man. As Tolstoy used to say, they are laboring under the hypnotic influence of man. If they would realize the strength of non-violence they would not consent to be called the weaker sex.

Patience means self-suffering.