If all were nonviolent, there would be no anarchy and there would be no question of anybody being armed for meeting aggression from without.

The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.

I have an implicit faith ... that mankind can only be saved through non-violence, which is the central teaching of the Bible, as I have understood the Bible.

The very word Islam means peace, which is nonviolence.

God never made man that he may consider another man as untouchable.

Real suffering bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha.

At the centre of nonviolence is a force which is self-acting.