How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind.

One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman.

Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if by renouncing the luxuries of life we can lighten the burdens of others.... surely the simplification of our wants is a thing greatly to be desired! And so, if instead of supposing that we must become hermits and dwellers in caves in order to practice simplicity, we set about simplifying our affairs, each according to his own convictions and opportunity, much good will result and the simple life will at once be established.

Hunger is the argument that is driving India to the spinning wheel.

The greatest menace to the world today is the growing, exploiting, irresponsible imperialism.

Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.

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