To run away from danger, instead of facing it, is to deny one's faith in man and God, even one's own self. It were better for one to drown oneself than live to declare such bankruptcy of faith.

I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . . without having to wait for others to do so.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment.

I will suffer the agony if that is to be my lot.

Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

The most heinous and the most cruel crimes of which history has record have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble motives.

Khaddar has the greatest organizing power in it because it has itself to be organized and because it affects all India.