I must try to live in society and yet remain untouched by its pitfalls.

I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.

The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind.

The Charkha in the hands of a poor widow brings a paltry price to her, in the hands of Jawaharlal; it is an instrument of India's freedom.

Indeed, a civil resister offers resistance only when peace becomes impossible.

Religion all the world over offeres God as the solace and comfort for all in agony.

Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence.