Ahimsa and Truth are so intertwined that it is practically impossible to disentangle and separate them.

I know that man who forsakes Truth can forsake his country and his nearest and dearest ones.

No one chains a slave without chaining himself.

Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.

Patience means self-suffering.

I have not hesitated to call the system of Government under which we are labouring 'satanic' and I withdraw naught out of it.

Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation - these are the inherent qualities of a civil resister.