If what passed as nonviolence does not enable people to protect the honour of women, or if it does not enable women to protect their own honour, it is not nonviolence.

The man who coerces another not to eat fish commits more violence than he who eats it.

The sacred thread and the tuft of hair without a pure heart and a spirit of toleration do not make a Hindu.

I shall despair when I despair of myself, of God and humanity.

The science of nonviolence can alone lead one to pure democracy.

Nonviolent action without the co-operation of the heart and the head cannot produce the intended result.

I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian.