Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.

There is no hope for the aching world except through the narrow and straight path of nonviolence.

I have not hesitated to call the system of Government under which we are labouring 'satanic' and I withdraw naught out of it.

As long as the superstition that people should obey unjust laws exists, so long will slavery exist

The process of learning should be as far as possible a pleasurable one and not laborious

Self-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence.

Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.