Of what avail is my love if it be only so long as I trust my friend?

Prayer is an impossibility without a living faith in the presence of God within.

To end slavery, you must overcome the mental and physical inertia of the masses and quicken their intelligence and creative faculty.

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

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.

The nonviolence I teach is active nonviolence of the strongest. But the weakest can partake in it without becoming weaker.