I am a Christian and a Hindu and a Muslim and a Jew.

Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.

Bravery is not man's monopoly.

Such expression is impossible in a cramped atmosphere. As I have no desire to offer civil disobedience I cannot write freely. As the author of satyagraha I cannot, consistently with my profession, suppress the vital part of myself for the sake of being able to write on permissible subjects. ... It would be like dealing with the trunk without the head.

The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.

Nonviolence in politics is a new weapon in the process of evolution; its vast possibilities are yet unexplored.

To shirk taking of vows betrays indecision and want of resolution.