You are no Satyagrahi if you remain silent or passive spectators while your enemy is being done to death.

A nonviolent person's life is always at the disposal of him who would take it.

Individual liberty is allowed to man only to a certain extent. He cannot forget that he is a social being and his individual liberty has to be curtailed at every step.

Self-respect knows no considerations.

Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.

A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.

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.