There is nothing on earth that I would not give up, excepting of course, two things and two things only, truth and nonviolence.

I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity.

Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

For the poor, the economic is spiritual.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.