The man or the woman who can display the nonviolence of the brave can easily stand against as external invasion.

The seeker is at liberty to extract from this treasure any meaning he likes, so as to enable him to enforce in his life the central teaching.

It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today. It is an error which is perhaps the greatest impediment to the world's progress toward peace. ... Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?

The satyagrahi strives to reach reason through the heart. The method of reaching the heart is to awaken public opinion.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

Religious truth, or for that matter any truth, requires a calm and meditative atmosphere for its percolation.

Nonviolence is a universal principle and its operation is not limited by a hostile environment.