In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.

You may pluck out my eyes, but that cannot kill me. You may chop off my nose, but that will not kill me. But blast my belief in God, and I am dead.

Satyagraha is search for Truth, and God is Truth.

Religion is the tie that binds one to one's Creator, and whilst the body perishes, as it has to, religion persists even after death.

Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.

Individual civil disobedience was everybody's inherent right, like the right of self-defence in normal life.

If we develop the force of will, we shall find that we do not need the force of arms.