A pacifism which can see the cruelties only of occasional military warfare and is blind to the continuous cruelties of our social system is worthless.

The nation cannot be kept on the nonviolent path by violence.

I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.

All great religions have rightly regarded kama as the arch-enemy of man, anger or hatred coming only in the second place.

A satyagrahi, whilst he is ever ready to fight, must be equally eager for peace.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke.