A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.

My anekantavada is the result of the twin doctrines of satya and ahimsa.

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are considered to be the custodians of Hinduism.

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?

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

Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.