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

Our children should not be so taught as to despise labour.

True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.

What I call the law of satyagraha is to be deduced from an appreciation of duties and rights flowing therefrom.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.

Capital exploits the labour of a few to multiply itself.