My nonviolence does recognize different species of violence, defensive and offensive.

Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a social virtue to be cultivated like other virtues.

Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.

As the elephant is powerless to think in the terms of the ant, in spite of the best intentions in the world, even so is the Englishman powerless to think in the terms of, or legislate for, the Indian.

Prayer is an impossibility without a living faith in the presence of God within.

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.

Woman is, by habit or nature, queen of the household. She is not designed to organize on a large scale.