No power on earth can resist the lovers of liberty who are ready not to kill opponents, but be killed by them.

Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place.

Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

God is not a Power residing in the clouds. He is an unseen Power residing within us and nearer to us than finger nails to the flesh.

The purification required is not of untouchables but of the so-called superior castes.

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