Civil disobedience does not admit of any violence or countenancing of violence directly or indirectly.

For a non-violent person the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.

Knowledge and devotion, to be true, have to stand the test of renunciation of the fruits of action.

I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without risks.

I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.

There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

Where there are millions upon millions of units of idle labour, it is no use thinking of labour-saving devices.