Dharma is that which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appeals to the heart.

Those who have their hands dyed deep in blood cannot build a nonviolent order for the world.

We must learn to be self-reliant and independent of schools, courts, protection and patronage of a Government we seek to end, if it will not mend.

To change one's religion under the threat of force is no conversion but rather cowardice.

History has no record of a nation having adopted nonviolent resistance.

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.