Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire.

To get rid of the infatuation for English is one of the essentials of Swaraj.

Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. I may not put my finger into the jaws of a snake, but the very sight of the snake need not strike terror into me.

My implicit faith in nonviolence does mean yielding to minorities when they are really weak.

Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.

Adversity is the mother of progress.

In the days of democracy there is no such thing as active loyalty to a person. You are, therefore, loyal or disloyal to institutions.