I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.

A nonviolent man cannot desire embarrassment.

Our struggle consists in showing that our nonviolence is neither a cloak to hide our violence or hatred, nor a preparation for violence in the near or distant future.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers.

It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves.

The hardest metal yields to sufficient heat. Even so must the hardest heart melt before sufficiency of the heat of non- violence. And there is no limit to the capacity of non-violence to generate heat.