Nonviolence means an ocean of compassion. It means shedding from us every trace of ill will for others. It does not mean abjectness or timidity, or fleeing in fear. It means, on the contrary, firmness of mind and courage, a resolute spirit.

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

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights.

I have been practicing, with scientific precision, nonviolence and its possibilities for an unbroken period of over fifty years.

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.

If treachery is the reward of trust, will the man who trusts come to harm?