Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to change ourselves.

The Bible is as much a book of religion with me as the Gita and the Koran.

Nonviolent defence presupposes recklessness about one's life and property.

The restoration of free speech, free association and free press is almost the whole Swaraj.

In a nonviolent army, the general and the officers are elected, or are as if elected, when their authority is moral and rests solely on the willing obedience of the rank and file.

Men to be men must be able to trust their womenfolk, even as the latter are compelled to trust them.

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.