It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent means.

Of all the superstitions that affect India, none is so great as that a knowledge of the English language is necessary for imbibing ideas of liberty and developing accuracy to thought.

Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.

True education must correspond to the surrounding circumstances or it is not a healthy growth.

An opponent is entitled to the same regard for his principles as we would expect others to have for ours. Non-violence demands that we should see every opportunity to win over opponents.

Swaraj can only be achieved through an all-round consciousness of the masses.

Real non-co-operation is non-co-operation with evil and not with the evil-doer.