Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value.

What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?

The satyagrahi strives to reach reason through the heart. The method of reaching the heart is to awaken public opinion.

Men like me feel that untouchability is no integral part of Hinduism, it is an excrescence.

Of what avail is my love if it be only so long as I trust my friend?

Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul. We have no eye for these great and fine discoveries. We are dazzled by the material progress that Western science has made. Ancient India has survived because Hinduism was not developed along material but spiritual lines.

Our struggle consists in showing that our nonviolence is neither a cloak to hide our violence or hatred, nor a preparation for violence in the near or distant future.