I have been practicing, with scientific precision, nonviolence and its possibilities for an unbroken period of over fifty years.

Whatever strength the masses have is due entirely to ahimsa, however imperfect or defective its practice might have been.

A mind not set on God is given to wandering and lacks the quality of a temple of worship.

Non-cooperation is beyond the reach of the bayonet. It has found an abiding place in the Indian heart. Workers like me will go when the hour has struck, but non-cooperation will remain.

A satyagrahi, whilst he is ever ready to fight, must be equally eager for peace.

The future of India lies in its villages

A labourer cannot sit at the table and write, but a man who has worked at the table all his life can certainly take to physical labour.