Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility, that those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means.

The spinning wheel is not meant to oust a single man or woman from his or her occupation.

Nonviolence is a universal principle and its operation is not limited by a hostile environment.

The more I reflect and look back on the past, the more vividly do I feel my limitations.

Earth and heaven are in us

I believe that the sum total of the energy of mankind is not to bring us down but to lift us up, and that is the result of the definite, if unconscious, working of the law of love. The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.

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