The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

I must not refrain from saying that India can gain more by waiving the right of punishment.

To a pure heart all hearts are pure.

The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.

If the Commander-in-Chief will look beyond the defence forces, he will discover that the real India is not military but peace-loving.

Satyagraha, of which civil resistance is but a part, is to me the universal law of life.