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.

The only way by which you and I can wean orthodox Hindus from their bigotry is by patient argument and correct conduct.

Of all the black crimes that humanity is committing against the great Creation, vivisection is the blackest.

Do not worry about what others are doing! Each of us should turn the searchlight inward and purify his or her own heart as much as possible.

Violence is bound sooner or later to exhaust itself but peace cannot issue out of such exhaustion.

Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within the states or in British India.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.