Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. Violence is any day preferable to impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent.

Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have not been created to feed our destructive propensities. If we only knew the mind of the Creator, we should find their proper place in His creation.

A nonviolent person's life is always at the disposal of him who would take it.

Those who cannot renounce attachment to the results of their work are far from the path.

Nonviolence of the strong is infinitely braver than their violence.

Khaddar does not displace a single cottage industry.

Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.