Let the Gita be to you a mine of diamonds, as it has been to me; let it be your constant guide and friend on life's way.

Such expression is impossible in a cramped atmosphere. As I have no desire to offer civil disobedience I cannot write freely. As the author of satyagraha I cannot, consistently with my profession, suppress the vital part of myself for the sake of being able to write on permissible subjects. ... It would be like dealing with the trunk without the head.

That which impels man to do the right thing is God.

Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress.

Nature can provide for the needs of people; [she] can't provide for the greed of people.

Peace through superior violence inevitably leads to the atom bomb and all that it stands for.

Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence.