No police officer could compel a satyagrahi to give evidence against a person who has confessed to him. A satyagrahi would never be guilty of a betrayal of trust.

If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.

God alone is immortal, imperishable.

As a rule, the mind, residing in a body that has become weakened by pampering, is also weak, and where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

I have not hesitated to call the system of Government under which we are labouring 'satanic' and I withdraw naught out of it.

The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.