Naked violence repels like the naked skeleton shorn of flesh, blood and the velvety skin.

India's freedom will not be won by violence but only by the purest suffering without retaliation.

A living faith cannot be manufactured by the rule of majority

A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation.

But you can wake a man only if he is really asleep. No effort that you make will produce any effect upon him if he is merely pretending sleep.

We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor should we tremble at the thought of death. We should be equiminded towards death. This is the ideal. It may be long before we reach it, and only a few of us can attain it. Even then, we must keep it constantly in view, and the more difficult it seems of attainment, the greater should be the effort we put forth.

If fighting for the legislatures meant a sacrifice of truth and nonviolence, democracy would not be worth a moment's purchase.