We are all very imperfect and weak things, and if we are to destroy all whose ways we do not like, there will be not a man left alive.

Active nonviolence is necessary for those who will offer civil disobedience but the will and proper training are enough for the people to co-operate with those who are chosen for civil disobedience.

Hitler is a scourge sent by God to punish men for their iniquities.

Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.

True material welfare is never inconsistent with performance of religious obligations.

My religion has no geographical limits.

Nonviolence means an ocean of compassion. It means shedding from us every trace of ill will for others. It does not mean abjectness or timidity, or fleeing in fear. It means, on the contrary, firmness of mind and courage, a resolute spirit.