Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.

Now the man on duty used to be changed from time to time. Once one of these men, without giving me the slightest warning, without even asking me to leave the footpath, pushed and kicked me into the street. I was dismayed. Before I could question him as to his behaviour, Mr Coates, who happened to be passing the spot on horseback, hailed me and said: 'Gandhi, I have seen everything. I shall gladly be your witness in court if you proceed against the man. I am very sorry you have been so rudely assaulted.'

Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves.

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.

This earthly existence of ours is more brittle that the glass bangles that ladies wear.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

A warrior lives on his wars, whether offensive or defensive. And he suffers a collapse if he finds that his warring capacity is unwanted.