To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.

The use of soul-force for turning stones into bread would have been considered, as it is still considered, as black magic.

Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.

The socialistic conception of the West was born in an environment reeking with violence.

The word 'defeat' is not to be found in my dictionary, and everyone who is selected as a recruit in my army may be certain that there is no defeat for a satyagrahi.

I know of no system other than Hinduism under which a class has been set apart from generation to generation for the exclusive pursuit of divine knowledge and consigned to voluntary poverty.

Violent means will give violent freedom.