Since satyagraha is a method of conversion and conviction, it seeks never to use the slightest coercion.

The more I study Hindu scriptures, and the more I discuss them with Brahmins, the more I feel convinced that untouchability is the greatest blot upon Hinduism.

If India adopted the doctrine of love as an active part of her religion and introduced it in her politics. Swaraj would descend upon India from heaven. But I am painfully aware that that event is far off as yet.

I implicitly believe in the truth of the saying that not a blade of grass moves but by His will. He will save it (my life) if He needs it for further service in this body. None can save it against His will.

It is as much our obligation not to cooperate with evil as it is to cooperate with good

If you will express the requisite purity of character in action, you cannot do it better than through the spinning wheel.

No displeasure, even of the dearest friends, can put me off the duty I see clearly in front of me.