Love, otherwise ahimsa, sustains this planet of ours.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

If people knew the working of the law of truth and nonviolence, then they would themselves regulate the matter of its shortage.

Final Satyagraha is inconceivable without an honorable peace between the several communities composing the Indian nation.

I look upon an increase in the power of the State with the greatest fear because, although while apparently doing good by minimizing exploitation, it does the greatest harm to mankind by destroying individuality which lies at the heart of all progress.

I know that not only is Swaraj our birthright, but it is our sacred duty to win it.

If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton, even under medical advice, I would prefer death.