As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.

I do not regard killing or assassination or terrorism as good in any circumstances whatsoever.

I understood . . . that those who desired salvation should act like the trustee who, though having control over great possessions, regards not an iota of them as his own.

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

The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind.

Nonviolence does not require any outside or outward training.

When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.