Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.

I contend that non-violent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for the pressure comes from goodwill and gentleness.

Satyagraha is a purely spiritual weapon.

Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India.

Hinduism does not rest on the authority of one book or one prophet, nor does it posses a common creed like the Kalma.

India's freedom will not be won by violence but only by the purest suffering without retaliation.

A civilization based on nonviolence must be different from that organized for violence.