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

All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error.

If I arrogate to myself the exclusive title of being in the right, I usurp the function of the Deity.

The only safe and honorable course for a self-respecting man is to do what I have decided to do, that is, to submit without protest to the penalty of disobedience ... not for want of respect for lawful authority, but in obedience to the higher law of our being, the voice of conscience.

Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.

We must treat arrest as the normal condition of the life of a non-co-operator.

A smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women.