Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view

It is no non-violence if we merely love those that love us. It is non-violence only when we love those that hate us.

All the dry ethics of the world turn to dust because apart from God they are lifeless.

A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.

True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.

Truth and nonviolence are both the means and the end, and given the right type of men, the legislatures can be the means of achieving the concrete pursuit of truth and nonviolence.

To prevent the workers from going to their work by standing in front of them is pure violence and must be given up.