For a nonviolent struggle, there is no age limit. The blind, the maimed and the bed-ridden may serve, and not only men but women also.

The satyagrahi strives to reach reason through the heart. The method of reaching the heart is to awaken public opinion.

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

Even a believer in nonviolence has to say between two combatants which is less bad or whose cause is just.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it,is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength to strength and from peace to more peace. The very first step in self-restraint is the restraint of thoughts.

We cannot have real independence unless the people banish the touch-me-not spirit from their hearts.