Hinduism with its message of ahimsa is to me the most glorious religion in the world.

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.

Nonviolence requires more courage than the soldier of war.

A nonviolent occupation is that occupation which is fundamentally free from violence and which involves no exploitation or envy of others.

To slight a single human being, is to slight those divine powers and thus to harm not only that being but with him, the whole world.

There is as much need for a change of heart among the Hindus and Mussalmans as there is among the British, before a proper settlement is arrived at.

My Swaraj will be not be a result of murder of others but a voluntary act of continuous self-sacrifice.