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

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.

I must dissent emphatically from any proposal to spend any money on preparing a statue of me, more especially at a time when people do not have enough food and clothing.

The most practical, the most dignified way of going on in the world is to take people at their word, when you have no positive reason to the contrary.

The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind.

It is possible to reason out the existence of God to a limited extent.

Yajna having come to us with our birth, we are debtors all our lives, and thus for ever bound to serve the universe.