Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place.

If I arrogate to myself the exclusive title of being in the right, I usurp the function of the Deity.

What barrier is there that love cannot break?

Without a belief in my programme and without an acceptance of my condition, you will ruin me, ruin yourselves and ruin the cause.

Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

Total nonviolent non-cooperation has no place in popular Raj, whatever its level may be.