Unless the charkha adds to your ahimsa and makes you stronger every day, your Gandhism is of little avail.

One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman.

My Swaraj is to keep intact the genius of our civilization.

The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous beasts and poisonous reptiles because of our ignorance.

A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.

In the secret of my heart I am in perpetual quarrel with God that He should allow such things [as the war] to go on. My non-violence seems almost impotent. But the answer comes at the end of the daily quarrel that neither God nor non-violence is impotent. Impotence is in men. I must try on without losing faith even though I may break in the attempt.

We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries.