My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect.

Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power.

It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to speak impromptu. I hesitated whenever I had to face strange audiences and avoided making a speech whenever I could. Even today I do not think I could or would even be inclined to keep a meeting of friends engaged in idle talk.

I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.

There is no hope for the aching world except through the narrow and straight path of nonviolence.

A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.

It amazes me to find an intelligent person who fights against something which he does not at all believe exists.