No government on earth can make men, who have realized freedom in their hearts, salute against their will.

Civil disobedience does not admit of any violence or countenancing of violence directly or indirectly.

For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. There is nothing more potent than thought. Deed follows word and word follows thought. The word is the result of a mighty thought, and where the thought is mighty and pure the result is always mighty and pure.

Once Jesus had blazed the trail, his twelve disciples could carry on his mission without his presence.

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

Being dissatisfied and properly dissatisfied with the husk of Hinduism, you are in danger of losing even the kernel, life itself.