Non-violence ... is the only thing that the atom bomb cannot destroy.

Just as a prayer may be merely a mechanical intonation as of a bird, so may a fast be a mere mechanical torture of the flesh.

No police officer could compel a satyagrahi to give evidence against a person who has confessed to him. A satyagrahi would never be guilty of a betrayal of trust.

All my actions have their rise in my inalienable love of mankind.

All my experiments in Ahimsa have taught me that nonviolence in practice means common labour with the body.

Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.