For me the only certain means of knowing God is nonviolence, ahimsa, love.

Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain.

The incident deepened my feeling for the Indian settlers. I discussed with them the advisability of making a test case, if it were found necessary to do so, after having seen the British Agent in the matter of these regulations.

A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.

History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.

Nonviolence is the virtue of the manly. The coward is innocent of it.

The meticulous care for the rights of the least among us is the sin qua non of nonviolence.