Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.

Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.

The nonviolence I teach is active nonviolence of the strongest. But the weakest can partake in it without becoming weaker.

My fast is a matter between God and myself.

It is a tragedy of the first magnitude that millions of people have ceased to use their hands as hands. Nature has bestowed upon us this great gift which is our hands. If the craze for machinery method continues, it is highly likely that a time will come when we shall be so incapacitated and weak that we shall begin to curse ourselves for having forgotten the use of the living machines given to us by God.

Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.