Nonviolence is not an easy thing to understand, still less to practice, weak as we are.

Anything which is a hindrance to the fight of the soul is a delusion and a snare, even like the body which often does hinder you in the path of salvation.

The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent.

I am wedded to India because I owe my all to her.

If Gandhism means simply mechanically turning the spinning wheel, it deserves to be destroyed.

The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.