The method of satyagraha requires that the satyagrahi should never lose hope, so long as there is the slightest ground left for it.

Like the watch, the heart needs the winding of purity, or the Dweller ceases to speak.

A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation.

I should love to satisfy all, if I possibly can; but in trying to satisfy all, I may be able to satisfy none. I have, therefore, arrived at the conclusion that the best course is to satisfy one’s own conscience and leave the world to form its own judgment, favorable or otherwise.

Nonviolence to be a creed has to be all-pervasive.

I would like to bury myself in an Indian village, preferably in a Frontier village.

You can return blow for blow if you are not brave enough to follow the path of nonviolence.