It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even mortal persecution.

A jailer is as much a prisoner as his prisoner.

Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today.

Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live

I know no diplomacy save that of truth.

Violence begins with the fork.

Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation - these are the inherent qualities of a civil resister.