Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane.

It is a crime and a sin to regard a person as untouchable because he is born in a particular community.

I literally believe in the possibility of a Sudhanva smiling away whilst he was being drowned in boiling oil.

Nonviolence implies voluntary submission to the penalty for non-co-operation with evil.

[He] alone is truly nonviolent who remains nonviolent even though he has the ability to strike.

The fullest application of ahimsa does make life impossible.

If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide.