I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell, to sacrifice my freedom, in order to show you how deeply I care. Because when you see the depth of my concern, and how civil I am in going about this, you're bound to change your mind about me, to abandon your rigid, unjust position, and to let me help you see the truth of my cause.

In a plan of life based on nonviolence, woman has as much right to shape her own destiny as man has to shape his.

India must learn to live before she can aspire to die for humanity.

Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

Naked violence repels like the naked skeleton shorn of flesh, blood and the velvety skin.

Carrying arms for the removal of the Arms Act can never fall under any scheme of nonviolence.

Khaddar is an attempt to revise and reverse the process and establish a better relationship between the cities and villages.