Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed.

Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.

Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.

Unexampled bravery, born of nonviolence, coupled with strict honesty shown by a fair number of Muslims, is sure to infect the whole of India.

I refuse to buy from anybody anything however nice or beautiful if it interferes with my growth or injures those whom Nature has made my first care.

Nonviolent action without the co-operation of the heart and the head cannot produce the intended result.

I hold too that whatever may be true of other countries, a bloody revolution will not succeed in India.