Perfect nonviolence is difficult. It admits to no weakness.

It is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples.

I claim to be no more than the average person with less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

My satyagrahi spirit tells me that I may not retaliate.

I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.

A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.

India's freedom will not be won by violence but only by the purest suffering without retaliation.