If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.

The end of nonviolent 'war' is always an agreement, never dictation, much less humiliation of the opponent.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Untouchability is an error of long standing.

He who trusts has never yet lost in the world. A suspicious man is lost to himself and the eworld.... Suspicion is of the brood of violence. Non-violence cannot but trust.

So long as untouchability disfigures Hinduism, so long do I hold the attainment of Swaraj to be an utter impossibility.

Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.