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

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.

Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God.

Think of the poorest person you know and see if your next act will be of any use to him.

The weapon of nonviolence does not need supermen or superwomen to wield it; even beings of common clay can use it and have used it before this with success.

My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.