It is nonviolent non-co-operation which evokes the highest spirit of self-sacrifice that will wean one from the error of one's ways.

India must learn to live before she can aspire to die for humanity.

The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent.

How heavy is the toll of sins and wrong that wealth, power and prestige exact from man.

A truly nonviolent man would never live to tell the tale of atrocities. He would have laid down his life on the spot in non-violent resistance.

Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.