You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote.

A satyagrahi would neither retaliate nor would he submit to the criminal, but seek to cure him by curing himself.

That I want to destroy British imperialism is another matter, but I want to do so by converting those who are associated with it.

There's no God higher than truth.

I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loincloths and towels and my reputation, which cannot be worth much.

You cannot build nonviolence on a factory civilization, but it can be built on self-contained villages.

There is no doubt that our last state will be worse than our first, if we surrender our reason into somebody's keeping.