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

The satyagrahi should not have any hatred in his heart against the opponent.

If there ever is to be a republic of every village in India, then I claim verity for my picture in which the last is equal to the first or, in other words, no one is to be the first and none the last.

History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.

You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees.

The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule.

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.