They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.

God demands nothing less than self - surrender as the price for the only real freedom that is worth having.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.

The right to err, which means the freedom to try experiments, is the universal condition of all progress.

Real suffering bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha.

I must rebel against the idea that millions of Indians, who were Hindus, the other day, changed their nationality on adopting Islam as their religion.

Non-co-operation in the political field is an extension of the doctrine as it is practised in the domestic field.