A straight fight in an equal battle takes some bravery, but braver is he who, knowing that he would have to sacrifice ninety-five as against five of the enemy, faces death.

Ahimsa and Truth are my two lungs. I cannot live without them.

It is nature's kindness that we do not remember past births. Life would be a burden if we carried such a tremendous load of memories.

The message of the Gita is to be found in the second chapter of the Gita where Lord Krishna speaks of the balanced state of mind, of mental equipoise.

Active nonviolence of the brave puts to flight thieves, dacoits, murderers, and prepares an army of volunteers ready to sacrifice themselves in quelling riots, in extinguishing fires and feuds, and so on.

In the dictionary of satyagraha, there is no enemy.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.